Years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brought his cello — aka "Petunia" — in for music and conversation during this May 2024 interview.

For the holiday, we're going to feature one of our favorite interviews of the year with Yo-Yo Ma. He brought his cello, which he played for us. He's the most famous contemporary cellist and ...

Semyon Bychkov and the much-lauded ensemble are joined at Carnegie Hall by Yo-Yo Ma in dazzling performances from the Czech ...

Watch Yo-Yo Ma: World-famous cellist's impromptu vaccine centre concert on BBC News 2. His father was his first cello teacher – and he set very high standards “He was not the cuddly type!” ...

YO-YO MA Kathy was the architect of the pieces and ... I’d grown up with it at the Menuhin School, and I’d always loved the cello. I seemed to play more with the cello than with any other ...

Yo-Yo Ma’s multifaceted career is testament to his belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works for cello, bringing communities together to ...

Yo-Yo Ma, the versatile virtuoso who is as sweet and profound as the tones he creates on his cello. They had met in 1981, when Jobs was at the Aspen Design Conference and Ma was at the Aspen Music ...

Last night, Carnegie Hall launched a festival of Czech music, anchored by the Czech Philharmonic. This is a superb orchestra, with a superb music director: Semyon Bychkov, born in the Soviet Union in ...

About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. Yo-Yo Ma brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to his conversation with Terry Gross. He talks about ...

I was drawn to the sound of the cello and so chose to go with that. I never looked back! 2. Who has inspired you and why? Whilst I was in awe of so many great cellists like Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline du ...

“It is particularly exciting to announce the unique Presidential Lecture Series event with Yo-Yo Ma, a living legend in the world of music and humanity.” Ma’s multifaceted career is testament to his ...