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Yo-Yo Ma is a world-famous Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world and has made over 50 albums.

He was born to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976.

Yo-Yo Ma has been called “the most omnivorous of all cellists” by critics and indeed possesses a far more eclectic repertoire than typical for a classical player. He has performed and recorded Baroque pieces on period instruments, American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the Argentinian tangos of Astor Piazzolla, Brazilian music, the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Philip Glass’s minimalist score of Naqoyqatsi in addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire. His latest CD is a collaboration with other musicians for the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack.

Yo-Yo Ma’s main performance instrument is a very fine 1733 Montagnana cello. He also plays the Davidoff Stradivarius from 1712, which was also played by Jacqueline du Pre.
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    I love him!

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    Wow

    February 2012
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    Cristal

    January 2012
  • VietMoneys

    This bio is atrocious.

    January 2012
  • leniel

    Yo-Yo Ma performing T. Dun: 'The Eternal Vow' from Crouching Tiger is amazing...

    January 2012
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    beautiful

    November 2011
  • grantmarteeth

    why isn't there a Last.fm page for the Goat Rodeo sessions?

    October 2011
  • TemuryanVadim

    По поводу Yo-Yo Ma Стив Джобс однажды сказал, что это был лучший кейс доказательства существования бога. ____ нихуяссе

    October 2011
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