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    Biography

    Genres :
  • Classical
  • Instruments :
  • Cello
  • Labels :
  • CBS
  • RCA
  • Sony Classical
  • Years active :
  • 1961–present
  • Born / Died
  • Born:(1955-10-07) October 7, 1955 (age 61) Paris, France
  • Website :
  • www.yo-yoma.com
  • Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born Chinese 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.

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