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Yo-Yo Ma 馬友友 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Ma in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Background information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1955 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genres | See article | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Musician | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Cello | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1961–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of | Silk Road Ensemble | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | yo-yoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬友友 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马友友 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yo-Yo Ma[a] (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist.[1] Born to and partially raised by Chinese[2] parents in Paris and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University, attended Columbia University, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 92 albums and received 19 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, and Sting.
Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006.[3] He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, The Glenn Gould Prize in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001,[4] the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, Kennedy Center Honors in 2011, the Polar Music Prize in 2012, and the Birgit Nilsson Prize in 2022.[5] He was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.[6]
Ma's primary performance instrument is the Davidov cello, made in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari.[7]
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- ^ Kosman, Joshua (November 2005). "35 Who Made a Difference: Yo-Yo Ma". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ "Biography (Text Only) | Yo-Yo Ma". Yo-yoma.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Yo-Yo Ma". United Nations Messengers of Peace. United Nations. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ National Medal of Arts Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, National Endowment for the Arts.
- ^ "President Obama Names Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients". whitehouse.gov (Press release). Washington, D.C. November 17, 2010. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017 – via National Archives.
- ^ "The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Yo-Yo Ma on playing his 1712 'Davidov' Stradivari cello". The Strad. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
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