Daniel Lelchuk

Daniel Lelchuk is is Head of Cello at tonebase, Associate Principal cellist of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and the host of the Talking Beats podcast.

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Leonard Bernstein Deserved Better Than ‘Maestro’

Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain.

Daniel Lelchuk

16 Jan 2024 · 9 min read

Want to Restore Your Faith in Humanity? Visit a Scientific Conference

Meeting the people who are making this world a better place through science provides a much needed sense of balance.

Daniel Lelchuk

8 Jan 2022 · 6 min read

PODCAST 114: Cellist Daniel Lelchuk on How Beethoven’s Genius Flourished in Napoleon’s World

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to concert cellist Daniel Lelchuk about the timeless, global appeal of Beethoven—and the turbulent historical world that inspired the great German composer’s works.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay / Daniel Lelchuk

3 Oct 2020 · 1 min read

Then They Came for Beethoven

Beethoven is a truly odd target for progressive critics, because his views on geopolitics are known to have been, by the highly regressive standards of his time, quite progressive.

Daniel Lelchuk

19 Sep 2020 · 7 min read