What Joshua Roman has said about Cello
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 11, 2026
Joshua Roman, American cellist, composer, and TED speaker, former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, has been quoted on Cello 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on September 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Roman says his early certainty about a cello career cut both ways, giving him focus but limiting his time for everything else.
“And I think it cuts both ways. For me, it's been great. It's been great, but it's also been”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 5:05
Roman says that during the early pandemic he used the cello as a tool to serve others while ignoring his personal relationship with it.
“I think I was using the cello as a tool, trying to extract all the good that I could from it in a way that would make an impact for other people”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 9:16
Episodes
What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating changeTED Radio Hour · Sep 11, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with cellist Joshua Roman about how long COVID upended his lifelong devotion to the cello, his faith, and his debut album Immunity.
Joshua Roman on other topics
- Musical practice · 4 quotes
- Long COVID · 3 quotes
- Identity crisis · 2 quotes
- Immunity (Joshua Roman album) · 1 quote
- Vulnerability · 1 quote
- Christianity · 1 quote