Yo-Yo Ma

France
October 7, 1955

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Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American cellist. Born in Paris, he spent his schooling years in New York City and was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University and has enjoyed a prolific career as both a soloist performing with orchestras around the world and a recording artist. He has recorded more than 90 albums and received 18 Grammy Awards.

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192 tracks
127 stations
28 countries

Yo-Yo Ma top songs

1	Seven Years In Tibet
2	Sayuri's Theme
3	Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007: Prélude
4	Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
5	Main Theme (From "Malena")
6	O Amor em Paz
7	Yo-Yo Ma Interview (KCRW)
8	Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
9	Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prélude
10	Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
11	Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
12	Cello Concerto: II.
13	Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
14	Allegro prestissimo from Sonata for Two Cellos
15	Liebesleid
16	Libertango
17	Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You from Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
18	Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II
19	Tango Remembrances
20	Concerto in D Minor for Cello and Orchestra: III. Introduction: Andante - Allegro vivace
21	Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
22	Seven Tunes Heard in China: I. Seasons
23	Thaïs: Méditation (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
24	Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
25	Ave Maria

Yo-Yo Ma quotes

I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to be really careful. It takes patience and persistence to overcome injury.