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Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story

Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story

Update: 2025-01-15
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A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession. Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound focuses on musicians like Lise Cristiani, the first female professional cello soloist, and Pál Hermann, a Jewish-Hungarian cellist captured by the Gestapo during World War II. In today's episode, Kennedy speaks with NPR's Daniel Estrin – also a cellist – about these musicians' histories and her own complicated relationship with her instrument.

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Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story

Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story