Artist
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma is a violinist artist from Paris, France. 22 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Violinist · Paris, France · Best violinist albums
- 22
- Releases
- 1982–1992
- Active years
Artist
Yo-Yo Ma is a violinist artist from Paris, France. 22 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Violinist · Paris, France · Best violinist albums
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Symphonia Concertante
1992
The Piano Quartets
1991
Cello Sonatas
1991
Gala in Leningrad
1991
Hush
1991
Carnival of the Animals / Organ Symphony
1991
Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
1990
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 / Gubaidulina: Rejoice
1989
Anything Goes: Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma play (mostly) Cole Porter
1989
Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
1989
Double Concerto, Op. 102 / Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
1988
Cello Sonatas Nos. 3, 5
1987
Trio, Op. 67 / Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40
1987
Schubert: Quartet No. 15, D. 887 / Mozart: Adagio & Fugue, K. 546
1987
Boccherini: Concerto For Violoncello & Orchestra / J.C. Bach: Symphony Concertante / Grand Overture
1987
Cello Concerto Op. 104
1986
Cello Concertos
1985
Sonatas for Cello and Piano
1985
Japanese Melodies
1985
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord
1983
Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
1983
Kreisler - Paganini
1982
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. In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, he has recorded a wide variety of folk music such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He also collaborated with Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Bobby McFerrin. Ma's primary performance instrument is a Montagnana cello crafted in 1733 valued at US$2.5 million. He has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2001, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, and the Polar Music Prize in 2012. the Polar Music Prize in 2012. Early life and studies : Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris on October 7, 1955, to Chinese parents and had a musical upbring…