Yo-Yo Ma
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Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist born in 1955 who is widely recognized as one of the world's finest classical musicians. He is celebrated for his technical mastery, diverse musical repertoire spanning classical to world music, and his influential role in bringing cello performance to mainstream audiences.
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- 1955-10-07
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- Quotable Feynman
- Jungle Night
- Yo-Yo Ma and Friends - Songs of Joy and Peace
- Seven Tunes Heard in China
- Songs Of Joy Peace
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Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has…
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- Half Moon — Self2025
- Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
- Music by John Williams — Self - Cellist2024
- Notre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée — Self2024
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Yo-Yo Ma2022
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 72020
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Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. Ma moved with his family to Boston at age seven and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received 20 Grammy Awards.
In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has also collaborated with artists from a diverse range of genres, including Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus, Zakir Hussain, and Sting.
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