How to Use cellist in a Sentence

cellist

noun

• They were joined by two violists, a violinist and a cellist, and photos of Keith were shown on the large screen behind him as audience members sang along.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• And in the end, the decision was made to go for a cellist.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
• The cellist and the pianist share the stage in a recital livestreamed from the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• By the end of the ’70s, Dutton and the cellist David Finckel had joined, and the roster was set for more than three decades.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma first picked up his instrument at the age of 4.
  — Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2020
• The two young cellists set up shop on her porch and played their instruments to the woman inside.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 17 Mar. 2020
• Residents were won over by the cellist’s passion and his poise.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• Isis Hainsworth plays Emily, a skilled cellist whom Kevin recruits to be in the group over Hunter’s objections.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• The cellist Denys Karachevtsev now lives in Berlin but spent the first year of the war in his hometown, Kharkiv, the site of vicious fighting at the beginning of the conflict.
  — Ben Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Watkins, who is fifty-three and grew up in Wales, was tapped to join the quartet in 2013, after its longtime cellist David Finckel left.
  — Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• He was accompanied by a guitarist, a cellist, and a bassist.
  — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 9 Feb. 2020
• The soundtrack, though, comes from the Canadian cellist Zoe Keating.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2021
• In the loft, a cellist was filming a music video, her brooding arpeggios mixing with the whiz and whirs of machinery.
  — Tiffany May Louise Delmotte, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Starker, by the way, was a great cellist, an American who was born Jewish in Hungary.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 June 2023
• But because of a recent letter, the soon-to-be 11-year-old was treated Monday to a surprise of her own, from renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
• Bailey, a cellist and the artistic director of the Sitka Music Festival, knew his fingers would feel the sting of the cold as the sled pulled away from the airstrip.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2019
• Acclaimed cellist John Lutterman will explore the range of the cello, from dark and sonorous to bright and expressive.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• Cathy, a flutist, and Jonathan, a cellist, began playing on the porch of their Pasadena, California, home.
  — Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• With her death, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist, is believed to be the only member of the orchestra still alive.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 15 July 2021
• In the eighth grade, the budding cellist discovered that he was really meant to be a conductor.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022
• Renowned cellist Ben Hong played at center court as a video of Bryant talking and playing basketball showed on the scoreboard.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2020
• Their 2018 royal wedding featured a black minister and music by a black cellist and a gospel choir.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Jan. 2020
• The American cellist, born in Texas and based in Chicago, played a compact 90 minutes of music by composers rarely heard, most of whom are still alive.
  — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• The singer went jazzy for her rendition of the track, with her backup band reduced to just a single pianist and cellist for the instrumental.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2023
• Kyung-wha, the violinist; Myung-whun, the pianist, who became a conductor; Myung-wha, the cellist.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2021
• The dancers then use their own creativity to move their bodies as a cellist provides live music.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• Enter the brilliant young cellist Coleman Itzkoff, carrying a wardrobe on his back.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• As for Hauser, the cellist (who’s also one-half of the duo 2Cellos) released his most recent solo album, The Player, last summer.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2023
• The song features cellist Ramiro Belgardt with Sting on vocals and guitar.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2022
• The song begins slowly as the violinist, cellist and pianist pluck strings from their instruments to create a sense of uncertainty.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024