ALBUMSongs of Comfort and HopeYo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
ALBUMNot Our First Goat RodeoYo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
ALBUMSalonen: Cello ConcertoYo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Esa-Pekka Salonen
ALBUMSix Evolutions - Bach: Cello SuitesYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMThe Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (Original Soundtrack)Silkroad Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMBrahms: The Piano TriosYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos
ALBUMBach TriosYo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
ALBUMGolijov: AzulYo-Yo Ma, The Knights & Eric Jacobsen
ALBUMSing Me HomeYo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
ALBUMSongs from the Arc of LifeYo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
ALBUMA Playlist Without BordersYo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
ALBUMThe Goat Rodeo Sessions (Deluxe Edition)Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
ALBUMMendelssohn: Piano Trios, Op. 49 & Op. 66Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman
ALBUMCSO Resound - Traditions and Transformations - Sounds of Silk Road ChicagoChicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Yo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
ALBUMQigang Chen Iris DévoiléeYo-Yo Ma & Orchestre National de France
ALBUMSongs of Joy & PeaceYo-Yo Ma & Friends
ALBUMNew ImpossibilitiesYo-Yo Ma, Silkroad Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Miguel Harth-Bedoya
ALBUMMendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos. 1 -2 & Songs Without WordsEmanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMFinzi: Cello Concerto, Op. 40 & Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31Yo-Yo Ma, John Denman & Vernon Handley
ALBUMMemoirs of a Geisha (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman
ALBUMEnchantmentYo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
ALBUMThe Dvorák AlbumYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMVivaldi's Cello (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMYo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma & Roma Sinfonietta
ALBUMParis - La Belle Époque (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMDvořák: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 8Claudio Abbado, Yo-Yo Ma & Berlin Philharmonic
ALBUMDvorak: Cello Concerto; Piano Trio "Dumky"Yo-Yo Ma, Berlin Philharmonic, Emanuel Ax, Lorin Maazel & Young Uck Kim
ALBUMSilk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
ALBUMJohn Williams: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, Three Pieces for Solo CelloYo-Yo Ma, John Williams & Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
ALBUMNaqoyqatsi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMCello Suiten No. 1,5 & 6Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMSimply Baroque II (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Ton Koopman
ALBUMDvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 87 - Sonatina in G, Op. 100 - Romatic Pieces, Op. 75 (Expanded Edition)Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Robert McDonald & Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMAppalachian JourneyYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMCorigliano: PhantasmagoriaEmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & James Tocco
ALBUMDvořák: Chamber MusicYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMSoloYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMSimply Baroque (Expanded Edition)Yo-Yo Ma & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
ALBUMSimply BaroqueYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMStock: Lulie the IcebergYo-Yo Ma, Derrick Inouye, Pamela Frank, Paul Winter & Sam Waterston
ALBUMBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 & Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 78Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMThe Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and DieYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMKorngold, Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left HandYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMGoldschmidt: Cello Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Violin ConcertoYo-Yo Ma, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Sabine Meyer, Sinfonieorchester Komische Oper, Yakov Kreizberg, Chantal Juillet & Philharmonia Orchestra
ALBUMInspired By Bach: The Cello SuitesYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMMozart: Piano QuartetsYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern & Jaime Laredo
ALBUMPiazzolla: Soul of the Tango (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMPrevin: From Ordinary ThingsYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMPrevin: From Ordinary Things (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma & Sylvia McNair
ALBUMSeven Years In Tibet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Yo-Yo Ma & Seven Years In Tibet Orchestra
ALBUMTan Dun: Symphony 1997 (Heaven Earth Mankind)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMLieberson: King GesarYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMSchubert: Trout Quintet, Arpeggione Sonata & Die ForelleEmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Barbara Bonney
ALBUMAppalachia Waltz (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMDanielpour, Kirchner & Rouse: Concertos for Violoncello and OrchestraYo-Yo Ma, David Zinman & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMGoldenthal: Fire Water Paper, A Vietnam OratorioYo-Yo Ma & Pacific Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert & Boccherini: String QuintetsYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMRachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Cello SonatasYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMRachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Gala in LeningradYo-Yo Ma, Yuri Temirkanov & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMJapanese MelodiesYo-Yo Ma & Pro Musica Nipponia
ALBUMYo-Yo Ma: Great Cello ConcertosYo-Yo Ma, André Previn, Berlin Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, José-Luis Garcia, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France, Sir Colin Davis & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Cello ConcertoYo-Yo Ma, Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMAnything Goes: The Music of Cole PorterYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMBarber: Cello Concerto - Britten: Symphony for Cello & OrchestraYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMBarber: Cello Concerto - Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMShostakovich: Quartet No. 15 - Gubaidulina: RejoiceYo-Yo Ma
ALBUMStrauss and Britten Cello SonatasYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMStrauss and Britten Cello Sonatas (Remastered)Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMStrauss: Sonaten für Cello und KlavierYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBrahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 & Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMDvořák: Piano TriosYo-Yo Ma, Young Uck Kim & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMSchumann: Cello Concerto, Adagio & Allegro, FantasiestückeYo-Yo Ma, Sir Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMShostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 & Cello SonataYo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBeethoven: Complete Cello SonatasYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBoccherini: Cello Concerto - J.C. Bach: Sinfionia concertantePinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra & Layton James
ALBUMMozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor - Schubert: String Quartet No. 15Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMLudwig van Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and CelloYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
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About Yo-Yo Ma
Artist Biography
More than the undisputed cello virtuoso of our time, Yo-Yo Ma is a champion of cross-cultural engagement and musical activism, as at home in Bach and Brazilian music as he is in Elgar and film scores or Appalachian and Mongolian folk songs. With a catalogue of more than 100 albums, he has played for nine U.S. presidents and is a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris, Ma began cello studies with his father at age four. Three years later, the family moved to the U.S., where he attended the Juilliard School and Harvard University. After winning the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, he signed to CBS Masterworks (now Sony Classical), for which he has thrice recorded Bach’s Cello Suites, in 1983, 1998 and 2018. Ma’s classical repertoire has been anchored in longstanding collaborations with, among others, pianist Emanuel Ax, bassist Edgar Meyer and violinist Isaac Stern. In 1998, Ma established the Silkroad Ensemble, a far-reaching international performance collective. Since the 1990s, he has pursued jazz with vocalist Bobby McFerrin (1992’s Hush), bluegrass on Appalachia Waltz (1996) and The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011), Astor Piazzolla on Soul of the Tango (1997) and film music in Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Though Ma is a familiar face at gatherings of world leaders, among his recent projects is Songs of Comfort and Hope (2020), a homespun social media and recording project made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hometown
Paris, France
Genre
Classical
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