Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma (født 7. oktober 1955 i Paris) er en fransk-født amerikansk-kinesisk cellist. Han fik sin skolegang i New York City, og blev betragtet som et vidunderbarn. Har har udgivet over 90 musikalbum, og modtaget 18 Grammy Awards.

Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma i 2013.
Information
Født	Yo-Yo Ma 7. oktober 1955 (69 år) Paris, Frankrig
Oprindelse	Paris, Frankrig
Statsborger	Republikken Kina, Frankrig, USA
Søskende	Yeou-Cheng Ma[1]
Børn	Nicholas Ma[2]
Sprog	Engelsk
Genre	Klassisk
Beskæftigelse	Cellist, musikpædagog, komponist
Medlem af	Committee of 100, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Deltog i	World Economic Forum årsmøde 2016, World Economic Forum årsmøde 2017, World Economic Forum årsmøde 2018, World Economic Forums årsmøde 2020, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022[3]
Pladeselskab	Columbia Records, RCA Records, Sony Classical
Instrumenter
Cello
Eksterne henvisninger
yo-yoma.com
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Historie

Han blev født i Paris af kinesiske forældre med musikalsk baggrund. Da Ma var fem år gammel flyttede familien til New York City.

Siden en ung alder har Yo-Yo Ma spillet cello med de største klassiske orkestre i verden, ligesom han har modtaget en lang række internationale priser og anerkendelser for sit arbejde. Blandt andet fik han Polar Music Prize i 2012.^[4]

Diskografi

1978:

• Finzi: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 40 (reissued 2007)

1979:

• Robert White Sings Beethoven

1980:

• Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals | Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, OP. 35 | Polonaise, OP. 77
• Saint-Saëns and Lalo: Cello Concertos
• Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op.56

1981:

• Haydn: Cello Concertos
• Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 (med Emanuel Ax)

1982:

• Kreisler, Paganini

1983:

• Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
• Bach: The Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Shostakovich and Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos
• Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op.5, Nos.1 & 2
• Kreisler, Paganini: Works

1984:

• Bolling: Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
• Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 (med Emanuel Ax)
• Schubert: String Quintet
• Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin and Trumpet Concertos
• Beethoven Sonatas, Volume 2, No. 3, Op. 69; No. 5 Op. 102, No. 2

1985:

• Japanese Melodies
• Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos
• Mozart: Divertimento, K.563
• Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano (med Emanuel Ax)
• Schubert: Quintet in C Major

1986:

• Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto
• Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 3 (med Emanuel Ax)
• Dvořák: Cello Concerto
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4; Variations

1987:

• Boccherini: Concerto | J.C. Bach: Sinfonia Concertante and Grand Overture
• Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor | Schubert: String Quartet No.15
• Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas

1988:

• Schumann: Cello Concerto | Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 | Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 | Funf Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102 (med Emanuel Ax)
• Dvořák: Piano Trios (med Emanuel Ax and Young Uck Kim)
• Brahms: Double Concerto; Piano Quartet (tracks 1-3, med Chicago Symphony Orchestra med Claudio Abbado, conductor; tracks 4-7, med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, and Jaime Laredo)
• Shostakovich: Piano Trio | Cello Sonata (med Emanuel Ax)

1989:

• Barber: Cello Concerto | Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
• Strauss and Britten: Cello Sonatas (med Emanuel Ax)
• Shostakovich: Quartet No.15 | Gubaidulina: Rejoice!
• Anything Goes: Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma Play (Mostly) Cole Porter
• Great Cello Concertos: Dvořák, Elgar, Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Schumann
• The Japanese Album
• Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma
• Shostakovich: Symphony No.5; Cello Concerto

1990:

• Mozart: Serenade No. 10 | Sonata for Bassoon and Cello
• Brahms: The Piano Quartets (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, and Jaime Laredo)
  • 2 CDs: Piano Quartet No.1, op. 25 and No. 3, op. 60; Piano Quartet No. 2, op. 26
• A Cocktail Party
• Strauss: Don Quixote; Die Liebe der Danae

1991:

• Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonatas (med Emanuel Ax)
• Tchaikovsky Gala in Leningrad
• Brahms: Double Concerto; Berg: Chamber Concerto
• Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.2; Violin Concerto No.3

1992:

• Hush (med Bobby McFerrin)
• Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante | Tchaikovsky: Variations
• Brahms: String Sextets | Theme and Variations for Piano
• Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano (med Emanuel Ax)
• Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Bacchanale; Marche Militaire; Carnaval des animaux; Danse Macabre

1993:

• Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht | String Trio
• Made in America
• Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood (VHS)
• Faure: Piano Quartets (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, and Jaime Laredo)

1994:

• Immortal Beloved
• Chopin: Chamber Music (med Emanuel Ax (tracks 1-9), Pamela Frank (tracks 1-4), and Ewa Osinska (track 10))
• The New York Album
• Greatest Hits: Gershwin
• Greatest Hits: Tchaikovsky
• Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Quartets (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, and Jaime Laredo)
• Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration

1995:

• Concertos from the New World
• Greatest Hits: Saint-Saëns
• Tackling the Monster: Marsalis on Practice (VHS)
• Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios (med Emanuel Ax and Richard Stoltzman)
• The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

1996:

• Premieres: Cello Concertos by Danielpour, Kirchner and Rouse
• Schubert and Boccherini String Quintets
• Lieberson: King Gesar | Corigliano: Phantasmagoria (med Emanuel Ax (all tracks), tracks 1-7: Omar Ebrahim, Peter Serkin, Andras Adorjan, Deborah Marshall, William Purvis, David Taylor, Stefan Huge, and Peter Lieberson)
• Appalachia Waltz
• Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata (med Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank (tracks 1-5), Rebecca Young (tracks 1-5), Edgar Meyer (tracks 1-5), and Barbara Bonney (track 9))

1997:

• Soul of the Tango, musik af Astor Piazzolla
• Liberty!
• The Tango Lesson
• Seven Years in Tibet
• Symphony 1997
• Mozart: The Piano Quartets (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, and Jaime Laredo)
• From Ordinary Things
• Goldschmidt: The Concertos

1998:

• John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold/ Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand
• Inspired by Bach: "Falling Down Stairs" -- Cello Suite No.3
• Inspired by Bach
• Inspired by Bach: "Struggle For Hope" -- Cello Suite No.5
• Inspired by Bach: "The Music Garden" -- Cello Suite No.1
• Inspired by Bach: "Sarabande" -- Cello Suite No.4
• Inspired by Bach: "The Sound of the Carceri" -- Cello Suite No.2
• Inspired by Bach: "Six Gestures" -- Cello Suite No.6

1999:

• John Williams Greatest Hits 1969–1999
• My First 79 Years
• Solo
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Sonata Op.78
• Lulie the Iceberg
• Songs and Dances
• Franz Joseph Haydn
• Simply Baroque (med Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra)
• Dvořák: Piano Quartet No.2 | Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Cello in D major, op. 78 (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern (tracks 1-4), and Jaime Laredo (tracks 1-4))

2000:

• Inspired by Bach, Volume 2 (DVD)
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 3 (DVD)
• Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 1 (DVD)
• Corigliano: Phantasmagoria (The Fantasy Album)
• Simply Baroque II (med Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra)
• Appalachian Journey Live in Concert (VHS and DVD)
• Appalachian Journey (med Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor)
• Dvořák: Piano Quartet No.2, Sonatina in G, Romantic Pieces

2001:

• Classic Yo-Yo
• Classical Hits
• Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

2002:

• Naqoyqatsi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by Philip Glass
• Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams
• Silk Road Ensemble: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
• Meyer and Bottesini Concertos (med Edgar Meyer (tracks 1-3): Concerto for Cello and Double Bass)

2003:

• Paris - La Belle Époque
• Master and Commander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Obrigado Brazil

2004:

• The Dvořák Album
• Vivaldi's Cello
• Obrigado Brazil Live
• Silk Road Ensemble: Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

2005:

• Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone, arranged and conducted by Ennio Morricone
• Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) (med Itzhak Perlman) (komponeret og dirigeret af John Williams)

2007:

• Appassionato
• Dvořák in Prague: a Celebration (DVD)

2008:

• Silk Road Ensemble: New Impossibilities
• Songs of Joy & Peace

2009:

• "Cinema Paradiso" on Chris Botti in Boston
• 30 Years Outside the Box—Box set includes two bonus disks med various previously unreleased recordings

2010:

• Mendelssohn: Piano Trios and Songs without Words | Beethoven Ghost Piano Trio (med Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman (tracks 1-8), Pamela Frank (track 14))

2011:

• The Goat Rodeo Sessions (med Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile)

2015:

• Before this World (med James Taylor)
• Songs from the Arc of Life (med Kathryn Stott)

2016:

• Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble: Sing Me Home

2018

• Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites^[5]

2020

• Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7 (med Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim)^[6]
• Not Our First Goat Rodeo (med Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile)

Referencer

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4. Million-musikpris går til garvede mænd, (8. maj 2012), DR
5. Woolfe, Zachary (18. september 2018). "Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World". New York Times (engelsk). Hentet 2018-10-19.
6. Kelly, Sharon (14. februar 2020). ""Anne-Sophie Mutter Announces Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7". udiscovermusic.com (engelsk). Hentet 2020-03-25.

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