Hello and welcome to the website of Steven Isserlis, cellist, author, musical explorer and general enthusiast.

Steven’s latest news

Steven’s new album ‘Music of the Angels’

On November 1st, Steven’s new album, ‘Music of the Angels’, featuring the music of a composer he treasures, Luigi Boccherini, is released on the Hyperion label. Read more…

Arts in Motion

For a new arts strand, BBC News TV is releasing a series entitled Arts in Motion, in which figures from the arts such as Brian Cox, Antony Gormley and Benjamin Bernheim work with aspiring artists in their fields. A recently-shown episode features Steven giving a class to three young students from the Royal Academy of Music in London, playing the music of Dvorak, Schumann and Franck. Read more…


Steven inspires literary works

On April 2nd in the US, May 16th in the UK, a new volume of short stories by the wonderful author of Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles will appear – his first short story collection, entitled Table for Two. One of the stories, The Bootlegger, centres around a performance of Bach’s first suite at Carnegie Hall by – Steven Isserlis! Read more…

Steven’s recordings on Hyperion Records available to stream for the first time 

Many of Steven’s acclaimed recordings for Hyperion Records are now available on streaming platforms for the first time. Read more…