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

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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…

Contact form

We’ve recently discovered a fault with the website contact form and sincerely apologise for not noticing this sooner.

Unfortunately, due to this error, any messages sent via the contact form between 1 November and Christmas will not have reached Steven. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Read more…


New Album Announcement

Steven and pianist Connie Shih’s much-anticipated new album ‘1851’ has now been released, featuring sonatas by Robert Schumann and Ignaz Moscheles. 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…