Yo-Yo Ma
American cellist · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1955 · age 71 · also France
Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four.
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Leonard Rose Taught Yo-Yo
Edgar Meyer Duets: Appalachian Journey (2000)
Mark O'Connor Duets: Appalachian Journey (2000)
Kathryn Stott Duets: Songs from the Arc of Life and Merci
Itzhak Perlman Duets: Air and Simple Gifts
Forest Whitaker Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Elizabeth Banks Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Paula Abdul Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Jason Mraz Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Josh Groban Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Bobby McFerrin Duets: Hush (1992)
Atom Egoyan Directed Inspired by Bach
Stéphane Grappelli Duets: Anything Goes: Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma Play (Mostly) Cole Porter (1989)
Jack Johnson Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Rian Johnson Produced Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Misty Copeland Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Keb' Mo' Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Jake Shimabukuro Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Ram Bergman Produced Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Thomas Schlamme Directed Noël (2000)
Bernie Williams Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Trombone Shorty Co-starred in Everyday People (2016)
Niv Fichman Produced Inspired by Bach
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Ma performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and André Previn in 1988
Ma performs at the White House for American president Ronald Reagan, Crown Princess Michiko and Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, and Nancy Reagan, October 1987
Ma with Condoleezza Rice after performing a duet at the presentation of the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards
Ma appearing at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in 2008![Ma's performance at Paranal Observatory, home of the Very Large Telescope[56]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Strings_by_Starlight.jpg/1280px-Strings_by_Starlight.jpg)
Ma's performance at Paranal Observatory, home of the Very Large Telescope[56]Awards
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Ma moved with his family to Boston at age seven and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received 20 Grammy Awards.
