All Yo-Yo-Ma articles
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma included in Forbes list of influential US immigrants
The cellist is among 250 foreign-born figures recognised by Forbes for their achievements and impact in the United States
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ReviewConcert review: Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Philadelphia Orchestra/Dalia Stasevska
Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 14 January 2026 for the performance of Dvořák, Skoryk, Akimenko and Mendelssohn
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NewsYo-Yo Ma wins 20th Grammy Award
The US cellist won the category for Best Classical Instrumental Solo with his album of Shostakovich cello concertos
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ReviewBook review: The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World
Pauline Harding reads a picture book by James Howe and Jack Wong all about the renowned cellist’s life and career
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VideoNew video: Yo-Yo Ma and Icelandic choir perform ‘Earth Hymn’
The performance of the work by Viktor Orri Árnason is a plea to the world from the edge of a changing planet
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BlogsYo-Yo Ma: celebrating 70 years of the eminent cellist
The legendary cellist was born on 7 October 1955. We take a look at some moments of the cellist’s unparalleled career over the decades
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Beethoven for Three vol.4
Three stellar artists continue their Beethoven conversation
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Shostakovich
An A-lister line-up proves a mixed bag on this anniversary celebration
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma performs in the snow above Davos
The cellist performed atop Schatzalp above Davos during the World Economic Forum, with the aim to raise awareness about climate change and glacier preservation
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Blogs‘A powerful sound’: what it’s like to perform with Yo-Yo Ma and the Czech Philharmonic
As part of a Royal Academy of Music SIDE-BY-SIDE scheme, the Zenith Quartet was given the chance to tour with the Czech orchestra and Semyon Bychkov. Cellist Julius Maknickas chronicles his experience during the tour’s New York City portion, where he fulfilled a lifelong dream of meeting a musical idol
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Yo-Yo-Ma: Merci
A lifetime’s music making together is poignantly celebrated
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Blogs‘I think of strings with a vocal quality’: Anna Clyne on SHORTHAND
The composer shares her insights on writing for strings on her new album, which features a star-studded line up including Yo-Yo Ma, The Knights, Colin Jacobsen and Pekka Kuusisto
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ReviewConcert review: Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano)
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of Fauré, Dvořák, Assad and Nadia Boulanger at Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall on 12 April 2024
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Beethoven for Three
Music-making of great warmth from long-standing friends
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VideoSolo Bach in Alaska from cellist Yo-Yo Ma
Ma plays the solemn D minor Prelude amid melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska
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VideoKavakos, Ma and Ax: a legendary trio performs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Watch the trio of musicians perform an arrangement of the first movement from Beethoven’s epic C minor symphony
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VideoCellist Yo-Yo Ma in conversation on the magic of music, nature, and the future
The cellist speaks about a range of topics over a cup of coffee in an interview for the Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1
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VideoYo-Yo Ma: My Journey with Bach
‘You’re a human being first, a musician second and a cellist third’ - find out how the Bach Cello Suites have influenced the cellist’s overall philosophy
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VideoYo-Yo Ma performs Bach in the Great Smoky Mountains
The cellist performs Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 outdoors in nature, marking 40 years since his first recording of the Bach Cello Suites
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Beethoven for Three
A stellar trio offers familiar Beethoven in unorthodox garb
