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Cello

Posted
22.11.2023

Posted 22.11.2023

Southbank Sinfonia invites 33 players join our 2023/24 fellowship, an orchestra designed to prepare you for all aspects of professional musical life. We are looking...

Closed by 12.01.2024

Solo cello (coordinated)

Posted
22.11.2023

Posted 22.11.2023

The Kammerakademie Potsdam, the orchestra of the state capital Potsdam and house orchestra of the Nikolaisaal Potsdamis looking fora coordinated solo cellistas a member and...

Closed by 08.01.2024

Southbank Sinfonia 2024/25: Cello

Posted
22.11.2023

Posted 22.11.2023

Southbank Sinfonia invites 33 players join our 2023/24 fellowship, an orchestra designed to prepare you for all aspects of professional musical life. We are looking...

Closed by 12.01.2024

Concertmaster of a Cello Group

Posted
22.11.2023

Posted 22.11.2023

Slovak State Philharmonic Košice was founded in 1968 as the second professional concert symphony orchestra in Slovakia. In a short time, the orchestra achieved the...

Closed by 28.01.2024

Principal Cello with tutti duty

Posted
22.11.2023

Posted 22.11.2023

Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. is promoting a call for applications to select an Orchestra Professor to be hired under a permanent employment contract in the...

Closed by 14.12.2023

Principal Cello (70%)

Posted
09.11.2023

Posted 09.11.2023

Audition date: February 8th, 2024

Closed by 15.01.2024

Section Cello

Posted
09.11.2023

Posted 09.11.2023

Tenure Track Section Cello

Closed by 22.12.2023

1st solo violoncello

Posted
09.11.2023

Posted 09.11.2023

Together with Theater Bielefeld and the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra forms the stages and orchestra of the city of Bielefeld.The orchestra's work focuses on...

Closed by 04.02.2024

Cello tutti 100% (1)

Posted
23.10.2023

Posted 23.10.2023

A passed audition obliges to accept the contract. Any travel costs from the national border will only be reimbursed upon conclusion of the contract.

Closed by 26.03.2024

Principal Cello (1)

Posted
23.10.2023

Posted 23.10.2023

The Orchestre National des Jeunes du Luxembourg is looking for section leaders for its 2024 season! You can decide whether you would like to apply...

Closed by 21.04.2024

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Cello: audition and classical music jobs

One of the most adored classical music instruments is the cello. Other string instruments are much simpler to study and learn, but nothing compares to the cellos warm, rich sound and wide repertoire, which is closely related to the range of a human voice.
A cellist is someone who plays the cello professionally, usually as a part of a large symphony orchestra. An orchestra will normally include a number of cellists, not just one, and that number will vary depending on the types of works the orchestra normally plays, but will generally be around ten. A cellist learns the pieces he/she will be playing and also times their performance with that of other cellists and other musicians in the orchestra as well. The cello is sometimes one of the most important instruments in a composition, and the performance of the cellist(s) in those cases is crucial to the success of the entire orchestra.
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Every professional started as a beginner. And as someone new in playing the cello, you’ll have to go through the process until you have finally mastered your craft. Don’t get bothered with the scratchy sounds you produce while you practice; that’s normal for every beginner. Celebrate your small steps and enjoy playing the instrument.

A cellist will either be self-taught or will have attended musical school. Regardless, the only strict requirement for finding employment as a cellist is displaying knowledge and experience with playing the instrument. Perfecting the cello can take many years, usually more than the other instruments employed in an orchestra, due to the different styles of playing available, as well as the complexity of the instrument itself. Skilled cellists are usually highly regarded.
To become a cellist, you must complete a number of educational requirements. Cellists usually study music, music performance or general education, specific areas. 67% of cellists hold a bachelors degree and 21% hold a masters degree.

When the cello is played well, it is an extraordinarily beautiful, wonderful instrument. But making it sound like that is not an easy task. In fact, playing the cello well, is an extremely complicated activity requiring a combination of specific and highly developed physical, intellectual and emotional skills that very few other activities come anywhere near to. On this page we will be looking at the physical skills required for good cello playing: which we generally refer to as technique.
An instrument, like a language, is best (easiest) learned young. A child who has the luck to have a fine teacher, can grow with, and adapt to the instrument intuitively and effortlessly, learning and mastering the instrument with relative ease and naturalness largely through copying. After the end of childhood, however, learning and improving our instrumental skills becomes a much more difficult task. It requires more conscious effort and more intellectual understanding.

Large stringed instruments like the viola, violin, double bass, and bass violin are related to the cello. The name cello is a shortening of violoncello, and is sometimes written with an apostrophe as cello. The cello is usually played with a bow, as the violin, although it may also be plucked.
The earliest origins of the cello date back to the mid-16th century, when a three-stringed bass violin was created. For the next hundred years a number of pieces were composed for this instrument, which was usually meant to be played in concert with a violin.

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The list of international music schools includes cello education:
1. Michigan State University
2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
3. University of California - Los Angeles
4. University of Oslo
5. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
6. University of Milan
7. Lund University
8. Wells Cathedral School
9. Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec
10. Tokyo College of Music‎

The Violoncello Society aims to promote the art of cello, provide a common meeting ground for professional and amateur cellists, promote interest in the cello as a solo instrument, provide opportunity of performances for artist and composer, develop a broader and more mature understanding of the art of the cello, and further the members artistic development. For example, Cello Societies:
1. Violoncello Society of New York.
2. London Cello Society.
3. Hong Kong Cellist Society.
4. The Kindler Cello Society.

Yo-Yo Ma is considered to be the most outstanding living cellist today. He was a child prodigy raised in New York City and performed before live audiences since age five.
Often said to be the greatest cellist of all time, Mstislav Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1927. Rostropovich’s family were all composers, cellists, or pianists, and he grew to become a virtuoso cellist and a significant influence on the cello players of today.
Born into a home of musicians, Luigi Boccherini had cello skills that flourished during the Classical Era, Italy.

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