cellist
Americannoun
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cellists
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Etymology
Origin of cellist
First recorded in 1885–90; short for violoncellist
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Jumping between past and present, the film tells the story of Alex Serian, a cellist who moves to Los Angeles to care for his dying mother and escape an overbearing ex played by Olivia Wilde.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Chin’s conversations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, surfer Kelly Slater, conflict photographer Lynsey Addario, climber Alex Honnold and others explore what it takes to forge a distinct path.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Instead, he writes, Brahms had a quick, cutting wit: Once, when he played the piano in his own sonata, the cellist complained it was so loud he couldn’t hear himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Hattie Butterworth, a cellist and editor of Choir & Organ and Opera Now magazines, believes that more pop stars are taking an interest in classical music.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Promptly after greeting them in Paris, however, Swann deserted them in favor of a master class with the cellist Pablo Casals.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The trio are joined by a full band as well by two cellists, four violinists and a glockenspiel.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The eight cellists presented him with a moving Renaud Guieu arrangement of the prelude and Siciliana from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” they had recorded.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Seniors Trey Pearce and Nick Lundy are the cellists, talented complementary scorers capable of rich performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
It speaks to his collegiality that his encore included five of the orchestra’s cellists in his arrangement of an excerpt from Shostakovich’s film score for “The Gadfly.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
A whole army of incompetent cellists could not have made this sound.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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