Topul celor mai mari 10 violoncelisti ai tuturor timpurilor, alcatuit de catre specialistii Sinfini Music:
- Pablo Casals (1876 Spania – 1973)
- Beatrice Harrison (1892 Anglia – 1965)
- Emanuel Feuermann (1902 Polonia – 1942)
- Pierre Fournier (1906 Franta – 1986)
- Zara Nelsova (1918 Rusia – 2002)
- Janos Starker (1924 Ungaria – 2013)
- Paul Tortelier (1914 Franta – 1990)
- Mstislav Rostropovici (1927 Azerbaijan – 2007)
- Anner Bylsma (n.1934 Olanda)
- Jacqueline du Pre (1945 Anglia – 1987)
Si parerea lui Julian Lloyd Webber, un faimos violoncelist si el, si un foarte activ comentator, data tot de catre Sinfini Music („his top five cellists, the cellists whose playing has influenced his own, or whose legacy has shaped and changed the cello repertoire”):
- Beatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965)
- Pierre Fournier (1906 – 1986)
- Paul Tortelier (1914 – 1990)
- Mstislav Rostropovici (1927 – 2007)
- Misha Maisky (n.1948 Letonia)
Si dintre cei care forteaza intrarile in topuri, lacate pe care le vor sparge peste nu mult timp, aproape sigur: violoncelista Laura van der Heijden, castigatoarea „BBC Young Musician of the Year” in 2012, la varsta de 15 ani…
