The full name of the instrument, 'violoncello', is a diminutive of 'violone', which was a larger instrument the size of a double bass.
Performer Biography
Sol Gabetta's debut CD on SONY BMG, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, and Ginastera, won the 'Echo Klassik' prize in 2007.
Instruments
The Dadaist artist Man Ray once superimposed the f-holes of a cello onto a picture of a woman's back, highlighting the instrument's resemblance to human anatomy.
Performer Biography
Sol Gabetta won her first competition in Argentina at age 10 and later studied with Ivan Monighetti in Basel and David Geringas in Berlin.
Performer Biography
Sol Gabetta, the cellist on this album, was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to a Russian mother and a French father.
Performer Biography
Sol Gabetta founded her own chamber music festival, 'Solsberg', in the Swiss town of Olsberg, near the French and German borders.
Instruments
The cello's sound is often compared to the human voice or heartbeat, possessing a brilliant high register, warm middle timbre, and solid low foundations.
