Musician Yeesun Kim wakes up every morning the way Pablo Casals did — by playing one of Bach’s six, demanding cello suites from memory. With her eyes closed, Kim’s fingers dart along her cello’s neck ...

Cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein will never forget her very first instrument. The brand name was Kellogg. Growing up in a family of chamber musicians (father Don is a violinist; mother Vivian is a ...