What age should one be when one begins to learn how to play the cello?
It varies from person to person. About the earliest I’ve known people to begin instruction on any instrument is age 4, and I would not recommend cello studies any earlier than that. It is very common for young people to begin learning the cello between the ages of 8 and 12, but I have known very highly-skilled professional cellists who did not begin studies until age 16. Then too, I’ve worked many times with adult students who begin cello lessons in their twenties, thirties, or even forties, and these people find the instrument to be both creative and engaging.
