All Yo-Yo-Ma articles
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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
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News‘Pernambuco bows are irreplaceable tools for every professional stringed-instrument player’: Yo-Yo Ma
The cellist has made a statement calling for conservation and sustainable use of pernambuco, ahead of the proposal to move the species to CITES Appendix I
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FocusQueen Elizabeth II: a life alongside string players
We take a look at a few iconic moments in string history during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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BlogsFive players, five insights on solo Bach
Our July 2021 issue features analysis of Bach’s solo violin sonatas - have a read of what these top five string players have to say about solo Bach
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VideoYo-Yo Ma performs the Bourrées from Bach Cello Suite no.3
This rendition may be different from your grade 7 student’s version…
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VideoHappy birthday Yo-Yo Ma!
Watch the cellist perform a recent recital at an event addressing the twin existential threats of nuclear war and climate change
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NewsYo-Yo Ma receives Praemium Imperiale award
The cellist receives the award in recognition of his achievements as an artist, his international impact on the arts and for his role in enriching the global community
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VideoDvořák at 180: Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma perform Humoresque
In honour of Antonín Dvořák’s 180th birthday today, enjoy this throwback performance of Humoresque
