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A Fireside Chat with Yo-Yo Ma
by AAJ Staff
What can you say about a man who has become a pop culture icon? That is exactly what Yo-Yo Ma is. Not only is he the premier cellist of his and my generation, he is also the subject of a Seinfeld episode (or at least his name was). That is immediate inclusion in pop culture history. But musically, both classically and otherwise, Yo-Yo Ma has continued to extend the boundaries and conventions of just we are taught to perceive is ...
read moreLincoln Center Presents Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, June 5-9
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All About Jazz
The celebrated Silk Road Ensemble with the incomparable cellist Yo-Yo Ma makes its Lincoln Center debut with three concerts June 5-9.
The Ensemble, featuring virtuoso musicians from 11 different countries, will perform in the new and highly-praised Alice Tully Hall with two multi-cultural programs June 5 and 6 including the New York premiere of Giovanni Sollimas The Taranta Project.
On June 9, in celebration of Lincoln Center's 50th Anniversary, the Ensemble with Ma will perform a special FREE concert in ...
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Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music's Ivory Tower
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All About Jazz
Viewer's Cut: Interactive Film Gives Editing Tools to You Pop artists have welcomed others to remix their songs online. Now classical music aficionados can get in on the act.
Renowned cellist and 15-time Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma is hosting an online competition, inviting listeners to add their own accompaniment to his performance of the traditional hymn Dona Nobis Pacem," from his latest album, Songs of Joy & Peace. Just releasing a CD is constraining to an artist," Ma ...
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Indaba Music Announces Opportunity to "Celebrate and Collaborate" with Yo-Yo Ma
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All About Jazz
Indaba Music, the leading online music collaboration web application, announced an opportunity for musicians to collaborate with world-class artists through a new program titled, “Celebrate and Collaborate with Yo-Yo Ma”. Starting October 7th 2008, Mr. Ma is making available a pre-recorded melody of the classic piece, “Dona Nobis Pacem” (Give Us Peace). Members of the Indaba Music community will be challenged to record a counterpart to Mr. Ma’s cello or create a set of variations based on the main musical ...
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Yo-Yo Ma's New Album Takes Spiritual Journey
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All About Jazz
After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey. His next CD, Songs of Joy & Peace, is being released this month, just in time for those holiday trips over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house. The 53-year-old cellist sees it as a musical house party with a wide variety of top artists jamming with Ma for the other guests. Even the ...
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