All Yo-Yo Ma articles – Page 2
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions – the Bach Cello Suites
Consistently absorbing readings from this most questing of musicians
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VideoYo-Yo Ma: Why Bach is relevant in the 21st century
Yo-Yo Ma appears on The Andrew Marr Show, the BBC’s Sunday morning current events programme.
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Brahms, the Piano Trios
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gloriously warm and eloquent Brahms from a trio of masters Musicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) Works: BRAHMS Piano Trios: no.1 in B major op.8, no.2 in ...
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FocusYo-Yo Ma on making artistic connections and raising balanced musicians
This month Yo-Yo Ma returns as artistic director of his Chinese education initiative Youth Music Culture Guangdong, a programme that aims to create balanced, astute and connected musicians. Charlotte Smith explores the ideas behind the cellist’s approach
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NewsThe Strad January 2018 issue is out now
Yo-Yo Ma’s initiative to encourage young players in Guangdong, and his enthusiasm for making all kinds of connections
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NewsYo-Yo Ma steps down from Silkroad Ensemble
Cellist passes directorship of artistic melting pot to trio of current musicians
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VideoMa, Kavakos, Ax - Brahms Piano Trio no.2 in C Major - third movement
Yo–Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos performing Brahms’s Piano Trio no.2 in C Major, third movement ©2017 Sony Music Entertainment
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma steps in to save floating concert hall
Designed by Louis Kahn, the concert boat was constructed in 1976 and has travelled around America and Europe for 50 years, operated by conductor Robert Austin Boudreau
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma launches youth music programme in China
Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) is an annual two-week training programme for young musicians in Guangzhou, China, spearheaded by Ma
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Focus9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma
The cellist revealed his thoughts and ideas on performing, practice, technique and musicianship to David Blum in The Strad’s January 1988 issue
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Schumann's Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma performs Schumann's Cello Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honeck at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus on 20 March 2016. Read: 9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma Watch: Pierre Fournier performs Schumann’s Cello Concerto
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs 'Song of the Birds' as BBC Proms encore
Yo-Yo Ma performs the Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, arranged by Pablo Casals, as an encore at the 2015 BBC Proms. Watch: Cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
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BlogsYo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony cellists dance using the Block Strap
In the video below cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony cellists break into spontaneous dance while playing Johann Strauss II's Blue Danube Waltz in the foyer of Chicago's Symphony Center. The cellists are all using The Block Strap, designed by Mike Block, to support their instruments. Ma ...
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform the Brahms Double Concerto
A 66-year-old Isaac Stern performs Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, op.102, with Yo-Yo Ma and the NHK Symphony Orchestra at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo in 1986. Watch: Isaac Stern on what makes an artist Watch: Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose and Eugene Istomin perform Brahms Watch: ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Elgar's Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma performs the first movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim in 1997. Read 9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma
Born in Paris to Chinese parents, Yo-Yo Ma's prodigious talents persuaded his family to move to New York to allow their son to attend the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Leonard Rose. Determined to widen his experiences, however, the cosmopolitan Ma chose to study a liberal ...
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