Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma ({{zh-cp|c=馬友友|p=Mǎ Yǒuyǒu}}) (born October 7, 1955) is a world-famous French-Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world.

Awards and Recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:

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• Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Minor and F (1986)
• Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations (1987)
• Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern for Brahms: Piano Quartets (Opp. 25 and 26) (1992)
• Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (1993)
• Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios (1996)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra):

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• David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (1990)
• Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (1993)
• David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Orchestra for The New York Album - Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch (1995)
• David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) (1998)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra):

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• Yo-Yo Ma for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites (1985)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition:

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• Stephen Albert (composer), David Zinman (conductor) & Yo-Yo Ma for Albert: Cello Concerto (1995)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album:

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• Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) (1998)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album:

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• Jorge Calandrelli (conductor) & Yo-Yo Ma for Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla (1999)
• Steven Epstein (producer), Richard King (engineer), Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer & Mark O'Connor for Appalachian Journey (2001)
• Jorge Calandrelli (conductor) & Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil performed by various artists (2004)
• In 1999 he was awarded the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize.
• On 2005-05-31, Ma was awarded an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Princeton University.