Yo-Yo Ma
Sound
Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received 19 Grammy Awards.
In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded…
Filmography
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Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025
Half Moon
2025
Notre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée
2024
Music by John Williams
2024
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
2020
Deeper Look from New York
2020
Desus & Mero
2019
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
The Words That Built America
2017
Blue Gold: American Jeans
2017
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2016
Yo Yo Ma: The Bach Project– Six Cello Suites
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live
2012
How to Grow a Band
2012
Chris Botti in Boston
2009
The Colbert Report
2005
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
2004
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
2003
Appalachian Journey Live In Concert
2000
The West Wing
1999
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach
1998
Appointment With The Wise Old Dog
1998
The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
1997
Struggle for Hope
Struggle for Hope
1997
Six Gestures
1997
Falling Down Stairs
Falling Down Stairs
1997
Sarabande
1997
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
1997
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri
1997
Arthur
1996
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
1995
Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration
1993
Frasier
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
1989
Ozawa
1985
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
