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Image courtesy of Carnegie Hall Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner will join us for our Beethoven celebration on 3rd November. As principal cellist of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for over [...]

Shirley Smart, our Beyond Cello division leader, releases new album to rave reviews… Jazz Views (Nick Lea) www.jazzviews.net/shirley-smart---long-story-short HiFi (Tony Anderson) www.hifianswers.com/2019/01/long-story-short-shirley-smart/

Huge thanks to the stellar line-up of cellists who performed for LCS on 25 November. 5 Montagnanas, 1 Serafin, 1 Groffiller. In no particular order: Guy Johnston, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Boris Andrianov, Ralph Kirshbaum, Amit [...]

A preview of Glories of Venice: A Celebration of Rare Cellos, Sunday 25th November at the Royal Academy of Music, Dukes Hall 5pm and 7pm A Celebration of Rare Cellos Sponsored by Brompton’s Fine [...]

Ralph Kirshbaum, Montagnana 1729 "I fell in love with it more and more. It was obvious that this was ‘the cello’. I’ve played many other cellos in my life – great Strads and other [...]

"I met Mrs Marta Casals Istomin and the historic 1733 Matteo Goffriller cello of her late husband, Pablo Casals in 2012. The idea of seeing that instrument up close was hard for me to [...]

The best instrument of all chosen to celebrate the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Are we partial? Of course! Hear the beautiful performance below.

Award-winning cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, donates thousands to old secondary school so 10 other young people can continue having cello lessons. Story from bbc.co.uk view the whole story and video here >>

LCS is pleased to announce a grant of £10,000 just awarded for a chamber music initiative with In Harmony Lambeth cellos, part of El Sistema England and Lambeth Music Service. Under the tutelage of [...]

Sam Pryce has written a review of Kate Shortt after an entertaining evening at King's Place in London. Read the full review on The Cusp - Cello Cabaret here >>

10 years ago, Guy Johnston’s cello was broken on a trans-Atlantic flight coming back from a US tour, leading to a 7-year search for a particular cello carved meticulously 300 years ago in Rome [...]

Here’s what’s happening in the new LCS Beyond Cello Course with star teacher Shirley Smart!  We have already learned a delicious North African "chaabi" piece called Ticaraca Tchoub…who knows what it means, but it’s [...]

Some of the UK's finest cellists joined forces for an appearance on the Andrew Marr show and at the Proms on Monday 25th July. It was a fabulous 12 - cello Tour de Force! [...]

Britain’s Got Talent is featuring two London Cello Society members (Ana Vranes and Chris Jack) in the Wednesday May 25th semi-final. They’re part of the Collaborative Orchestra and Singers. It’s going out at 7:30pm [...]

From Facebook to Uber, the internet revolution has changed all of our lives, but the music industry has been left behind. Until now, when Encore has entered the field. Founded in 2014, Encore is [...]

Happy New Year! As many of you will know, there have now been a number of very successful London Cello Society Amateur Cello Days at Michael Bird’s house in Barnes. The last one was October 2015, for the usual [...]

Happy New Year and thanks to all of you who gave us a very successful Christmas Auction. We have raised over £2000 for our cello pursuits and hope to return you as much in [...]

Holiday Greetings from the London Cello Society! To celebrate the season, we are delighted to present a silent online auction co-sponsored by Bridgewood & Neitzert, one of the UK's leading violin dealers, restorers and [...]

We have just been awarded a £2000 grant from the Hargreaves and Ball Trust. With our recent £1000 grant from Cavatina Trust, we can increase our support for the In Harmony Lambeth programme, part [...]