# When a Man Loves a Cello | The New Yorker  ## Metadata - Author: [[John Phipps]] - Full Title: When a Man Loves a Cello | The New Yorker - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Steven Isserlis is a famous cellist who treasures a 300-year-old Stradivarius cello called the Marquis de Corberon. He cares for the cello carefully because it is on loan with strict rules and holds great value. Playing and protecting this rare instrument shapes his life and career deeply. - URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/when-a-man-loves-a-cello ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > In 1960, the cello had been donated to the Royal Academy of Music, on the strict condition that it would be loaned to Nelsova for as long as she lived. A deep bond seemed to exist between the pair. In the early two-thousands, when Nelsova was dying, Isserlis visited her Manhattan apartment, which overlooked Central Park. He found her in bed, lying next to the cello. It was still there when the Academy sent someone to retrieve it after her death, resting alone on the silky red bedspread. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kfxmmdjcemjkjpz2xwgxpjbx))