Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

If there were a locally-based soloist who could be relied on to generate ticket sales and assure box-office success, that would be Chinese-Australian cellist Qin Li-Wei.

Cellist Laura van der Heijden teams up with Sinfonia Cymru for a thrilling programme of string music inspired by folklore and fairytales, including a performance of Dobrinka Tabakova's lyrical Cello ...