Exclusive Preview: Yo-Yo Ma’s New Audible Project ‘Beginner’s Mind’
By Strings StaffIn this exclusive preview provided to Strings magazine, Yo-Yo Ma describes the moment when, as a 16-year-old visiting the Marlboro Music Fe... Read More...
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Back in the Saddle: Goat Rodeo Rides Again with ‘Not Our First Goat Rodeo’
By Greg Cahill | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineThe Rodeo is back in town—the highly acclaimed classical-crossover band Goat Rode... Read More...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Practice, Intonation, and the Role of Music in Our Lives
The celebrated cellist is on a magic cello ride, and still strives for perfection into his 60sBy Martin SteinbergAfter 55 years of playing, yes, even Yo-Yo... Read More...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Tackles Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Latest Concerto
By Miranda WilsonA cello concerto specifically designed by the composer for a virtuoso operating at the very limits of what is physically (and sometimes me... Read More...
Yo-Yo Ma’s ‘Shape of You’ & 5 More of the Best Classical Covers
By Cristina SchreilAs if we needed remembering, Yo-Yo Ma—amid pursuing a titanic Bach project—released a quick reminder of his versatility. Along with the “... Read More...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma & Violinist Renaud Capuçon Perform Together for Armistice Centenary
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Renaud Capuçon performed together in Paris on November 11, marking the centenary of Armistice. The ceremony took place at the edg... Read More...
Bassist Edgar Meyer, Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Mandolinist Chris Thile Take Bach on the Road
By David Templeton
“Johann Sebastian Bach,” says multiple-Grammy-winning bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, “is central to each of our worldviews.” By “our,” Me... Read More...
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble Members Team Up with Maestro Long Yu for Inaugural Youth Music Culture Guangdong
By Stephanie Powell
Music director Michael Stern fervently bounces along to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 as he leads the string section of the orchestra. Stern p... Read More...
YMCG: Yo-Yo Ma on Chamber Music, Bach & Innovation
By Stephanie PowellYo-Yo Ma takes his seat next to Stern at the podium sans sheet music, cello in hand. Stern jumps right into the music, but quickly stops ... Read More...
Conductor Long Yu, Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Sheng Virtuoso Wu Tong Tour the Gobi Desert
This September, conductor Long Yu, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and sheng virtuoso Wu Tong embarked on a four-city tour of China. The tour kicked off with the Hong Kong Phi... Read More...