Cello
Subject in Music
Cello has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joshua RomanAmerican cellist, composer, and TED speaker, former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony
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
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
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
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.