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Yo-Yo Ma 马友友 pinyin Ma Youyou
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1955
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Yo-Yo Ma 马友友 was born in Paris, on October 7 in a Chinese family.
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All, are musicians: his mother is a singer - His father violonist
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composer and professor of music - His sister, violonist.
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1959
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He began to study the cello with his father, then joined |
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the conservatory in Sain-Germain en Laye.. |
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1961
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He gave his first recital in Paris. |
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He moved with his family to the United State, in New York. |
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1974
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He attended the Juilliard School, under the guidance of Leonard Rose (1918-1984 ) |
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and János Scholz (1903-1993)
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He joined the Harvard University |
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1976
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He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in anthropology . |
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1998
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He founded a collective of artists from diverse countries, around the world
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appealing to everyone's traditions : Silk Road
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His repertoire is most eclectic. selection
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Classical music - Chamber music - Different musical Genres
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- He recorded 120 albums |
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- He won 19 Grammy Awards |
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2004
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- In collaboration with the Italian composer Ennio Morricone, he recorded an album
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of films music.
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2005
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- He played with the group Silk Road Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon CD
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- He collaborated with John Williams, composer of soundtracks ( Seven Years inTibet -
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Memoirs of a Geisha )
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2009
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and interpreted Air and Simple Gifts for Obama's inauguration.
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2010
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- He appeared on a solo album : Guitar Heaven - The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
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in While My Guitar Gently Weeps revisited by Carlos Santana.
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2015
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- He played the film music Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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- He played classic music Schumann 2016 - Back - Brahms 2017 - Beethoven 2021
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2021
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- In his new album Notes For the Future, by appearing alongside artists from five
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continents, he wanted to show that the future belongs to us.
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2023
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- Yo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon played Jean Sébastien Bach and Muarice Ravel
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on the centenary of the armistice - Arc de Triomphe Paris France
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2023
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- Concert Sarabande africaine - Angélique Kidjo & Yo-Yo Ma La Philarmonie Paris France
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He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts United States.
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Danièle Sicard |
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Awards selection |
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1978
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Avery Fisher Prize for outstanding achievement in classical music
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2001
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National Medal of Arts
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2012
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Polar Music Prize
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2013
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The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album - The Goat Rodeo Sessions
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2013
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Vilcek Prize in Contemporary Music
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2016
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J. Paul Getty Medal
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2016
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Commander of the Letters and Arts by the Minister of French culture. |
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2017
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Sing Me Home – Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
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2018
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Praemium Imperia; by the Imperial family of Japan.
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2022
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Brigit Nillson Prize for his contribution to music
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Yo-Yo Ma
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Sergey Prokofiev 1891 - 1891 - 1953
Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893 Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33Andante Cantabile for Cello and String Orchestra
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Yo-Yo Ma
Made in America
Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990
Clarinet Sonata
George Gershwin 1898 - 1937
Three Preludes
Charles Ives 1874 - 1954
Trio for VViolin, Cello and Piano
Leon Kirchner 1919 - 2009
Triptych
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Yo-Yo Ma
The New York Album
Stephen Albert 1941 - 1992
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Béla Bartok 1881 - 1945
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Ernest Bloch 1880 - 1959
Hebraie Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman
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