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• Yo-Yo Ma is one of the world's most
  sought-after cellists. He has performed all over
  the world, both as a soloist and as a symphony
  player

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Yo-Yo Mas Biography

• Was born in Paris in 1955.
• Began his cello studies with his father at age
  four.
• The family moved to New York where he studied at
  the Julliard School and at later at Harvard
  University, where he also received an honorary
  doctorate.
• Gave his first public concert at the age of five.
  
• Played at Carnegie Hall at the age of nine.
• Has recorded over 45 albums.

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• Has won 12 Grammy Awards.
• He and his wife, Jill, have two children,
  Nicholas and Emily.
• He currently plays a Montanan cello from Venice
  made in 1733 and a Davidoff Stradivarius made in
  1712 both over 200 years old.
• Yo-Yo Ma has recorded albums with many other
  musicians. Perhaps the most unusual team-up is
  with Bobby McFerrin, a vocalist. The album is
  called "Hush", which contains classical music by
  Vivaldi, Bach, and others, along with some
  original compositions by Mr. McFerrin.

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Yo-Yo Mas Awards

• 1986 Grammy Award for Cello Concertos by Elgar
  and Walton
• 1990 Grammy Award for Cello Concertos by Barber
  and Britten Gramophone Magazine Award for Brahms
  Piano Quartets
• 1991 Grammy Award for Brahms Piano Quartets
• 1992 "Top Classical Crossover Album" in Billboard
  Magazine for Hush
• 1993 Grammy Award for Brahms Cello Sonatas
  Grammy Award for concerted works by Tchaikovsky
  and Prokofiev Diapason "5" Award for "Made in
  America"

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• 1994 Grammy Award for Bach Suites for
  Unaccompanied Cello
• 1995 Grammy Award and Diapason "5" Award for "The
  New York Album" Grammy Award for Trios by
  Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms
• 1996 Diapason D'Or Award for Schubert Trout
  Quintet Arpeggione Sonata

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Yo-Yo Mas Discography

• 2002
• Naqoyqatsi
• In Tribute and Celebration
• Edgar Meyer
• Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams
• Silk Road Journeys When Strangers Meet
• Classic Perlman Rhapsody
• 2001
• Classic Yo-Yo
• Classical Hits
• Heartland An Appalachian Anthology

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• 2000
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 2 (DVD)
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 3 (DVD)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 1 (DVD)
• Corigliano Phantasmagoria (The Fantasy Album)
• Simply Baroque II
• Appalachian Journey Live in
• Concert (VHS and DVD)
• Dvorák Piano Quartet No.2,
• Sonatina in G, Romantic Pieces
• Appalachian Journey
• 1999
• John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999
• My First 79 Years
• Solo
• Short Trip Home
• Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Sonata
• Op.78

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• 1998
• Tavener The Protecting Veil
• Korngold/ Schmidt Music for Strings and Piano
  Left Hand
• Inspired by Bach "Six Gestures" -- Cello Suite
  No.6
• Inspired by Bach "Struggle for Hope" -- Cello
  Suite No.5
• Inspired by Bach "The Music Garden" -- Cello
  Suite No.1
• Inspired by Bach "Falling Down Stairs" -- Cello
  Suite No.3
• Inspired by Bach
• 1997
• Liberty!
• Soul of the Tango
• The Tango Lesson
• Seven Years in Tibet
• Symphony 1997
• From Ordinary Things
• Mozart The Piano Quartets
• 1996
• Premieres Cello Concertos by Danielpour,
  Kirchner and Rouse
• Schubert and Boccherini String Quintets

• 1995
• Greatest Hits Saint-Saëns
• Tackling the Monster Marsalis on Practice (VHS)
• 1994
• Immortal Beloved
• The New York Album
• Chopin Chamber Music
• Greatest Hits Gershwin
• Greatest Hits Rachmaninoff
• Beethoven, Schumann Piano Quartets
• Dvorák In Prague A Celebration
• 1993
• Made in America
• Woody Allen Classics
• Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood (VHS)
• Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, String Trio
• Fauré Piano Quartets
• 1992
• Brahms Cello Sonatas

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• 1991
• Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev Cello Sonatas
• Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 Piano Concerto
  No.2 Violin Concerto No.3
• 1990
• Brahms The Piano Quartets
• A Cocktail Party
• Strauss Don Quixote Die Liebe der Danae
• 1989
• Great Cello Concertos Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn,
  Saint-Säens, Schumann
• Strauss, Britten Cello Sonatas
• Shostakovich Quartet No.15 Gubaidulina Rejoice
  
• Anything Goes
• The Japanese Album
• Shostakovich Symphony No.5 Cello Concerto
• Barber Cello Concerto Britten Symphony for
  Cello Orchestra
• 1988
• Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 Cello Sonata
• Dvorák Piano Trios
• Schumann Cello Concerto Adagio Allegro
  Fantasiestücke more

• 1987
• Beethoven Complete Cello Sonatas
• Boccherini Cello Concerto J.C. Bach Sinfionia
  Concertante
• Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C Minor Schubert
  String Quartet No.15
• 1986
• Dvorák Cello Concerto Silent Woods Rondo
• Haydn Cello Concertos
• Beethoven Cello Sonata No.4 Variations
• Strauss Don Quixote Schoenberg Cello Concerto
• 1985
• Mozart Divertimento, K.563
• Elgar, Walton Cello Concertos
• Japanese Melodies
• Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Schubert Quintet in C Major
• 1984
• Haydn Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin
  Trumpet Concertos
• Bach Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
• Beethoven Cello Sonatas Nos.3 5

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