American cellist hunts for Gaspar Cassadó's nearly lost treasures
American cellist Katie Tertell is seeking to recover from Japan forgotten manuscripts by Spanish composer Gaspar Cassadó.
Every so often in a musician's life, there comes along a project that marks a turning point and defining moment in the artist's career.
For Katie Tertell, an American cellist based in England, it all started with Gaspar Cassadó.
"I'll never forget the first time I heard his solo suite, and it just sort of stopped me in my tracks and I thought, Wow, that's powerful. It's very soulful," she said.
Born in 1897, Cassadó was a 20th century cello virtuoso. He lived in a belligerent Europe scarred
