Our new SONY album, A Playlist without Borders, by the Silk Road Ensemble, is number ONE, and has been streamed over 250,000 times on Spotify! The album opens with a duet I recorded with tabla player Sandeep Das, and also includes a cello solo performed by Yo-Yo Ma that I MAY, or may not, have written for him while on my lunch break at Berklee .... not telling ;)
Read MoreCelebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Silk Road Ensemble, the NY Times review singled Mike out with the following review of the concert: “The breathless duet by his [Yo-Yo Ma’s] solo cellist Mike Block with the tabla player Sandeep Das … was another highlight of the evening. Half Dance, half dare, it exemplified much of the interaction between the musicians, which turns any performance into a visual spectacle.”
Read MoreFaculty and dates have been announced for this new camp I’m directing at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music this summer - August 12-17! Check out the website for details.
Read MoreI played cello in a string octet backing up "Jenna" in the Series Finale, aired 1/31/13. Goodbye Liz Lemon!
Read MoreNow with three locations in Vero Beach, Florida - Saline, Michigan - Portland, Maine!! Visit MikeBlockStringCamp.com for more.
Read MoreIf you ever dreamed of watching Christopher Walken pretend to play the cello, than THIS is your chance!!
Read Moreand other chamber music at the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival in NY state - I did a short radio interview that you can listen to here.
at the WWW Conference, founded by Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED. Check out my Facebook page for pics!
Read MoreAppointed Associated Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts! Berklee is the most famous school for college-level education in non-classical styles. I will be a Visiting Professor in Fall 2012, and start teaching a full cello studio in Spring 2013.
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