Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Swedish-born classical composer is behind what has been described as the world’s first joint performance by a symphony orchestra ...

It's the first time in music history a robot has performed such a feat, according to composer Jacob Muhlrad. Combining industrial robotic arms with 3D-printed parts, the robot cello was designed and ...

Swedish composer Fredrik Gran programs robotic arms to play bowed instruments like the cello and double bass. He also plays duets with the robots, blurring the lines between the musician and the music ...

Amit Peled looks around as if he can't believe his ears. The Peabody Institute cellist is sitting in the Bank of America lounge on the second floor of the Mount Vernon campus's Leakin Hall for a photo ...

The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.