May 26, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Welcome to episode two of Notes From Backstage! We're your hosts, Lydia Rhea and Sophie Kauer, two cellists redefining how we approach classical music. In this episode we'll be recalling times we had…
Lydia RheaHost
Sophie KauerHost
I was, I was at, um, Julliard for doing a chamber music performance, and I had been having on and off for a year some technical issue with my cello.
Like, I was getting really loud buzzing sounds on, like, specific notes on my G and C strings.
I mean, I took this cello to luthiers in my home state, in New York City, in Paris.
Yeah, could not figure out what it was, and it would be all fine, and then I would hit a specific note, but of course the note would change, so it wasn't like it was the same note every time.
Like, it sounded like a machine gun going off inside my cello, but I had had this thing checked for open seams, like, multiple times.
Anyways, the cello's still alive and with us today, and I love her, and we've s- we've somehow fixed it.
I was literally, like, sound checking, warming up in a classroom with my chamber ensemble mates, and the buzz started happening, and I was like, "Are you kidding me right now?" 'Cause we were playing Brahms' Piano Quintet, which has so much low cello stuff.
I was, I was at, um, Julliard for doing a chamber music performance, and I had been having on and off for a year some technical issue with my cello.
Like, I was getting really loud buzzing sounds on, like, specific notes on my G and C strings.
I mean, I took this cello to luthiers in my home state, in New York City, in Paris.
Yeah, could not figure out what it was, and it would be all fine, and then I would hit a specific note, but of course the note would change, so it wasn't like it was the same note every time.
Like, it sounded like a machine gun going off inside my cello, but I had had this thing checked for open seams, like, multiple times.
Anyways, the cello's still alive and with us today, and I love her, and we've s- we've somehow fixed it.
I was literally, like, sound checking, warming up in a classroom with my chamber ensemble mates, and the buzz started happening, and I was like, "Are you kidding me right now?" 'Cause we were playing Brahms' Piano Quintet, which has so much low cello stuff.
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