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

Steven’s latest news

Steven has been appointed President of the Chipping Campden Music Festival

The Chipping Campden Music Festival is one of my all-time favourite festivals. I’ve been going there as often as possible since my first visit, many years ago. Read more…

Steven has become Patron of the Wilkie Colins Society

The writing of the Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins has been a passion of mine for many many years Read more…


Steven Isserlis and his cello featured in The New Yorker Weekend Essay

We’re delighted to share that Steven and his extraordinary bond with his cello are the subject of a Weekend Essay in The New Yorker by John Phipps titled “When a Man Loves a Cello.” 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…