jmc's classics
Yoyo Ma' s Birthday was recently. Today he is one of the most predominant classical musicians. I have numerous recordings of his. He was born in Paris to Chinese parents and Grew up in New York.
Ma has recorded over 90 albums and has been awarded 19 Grammys to date. he Studied at the Julliard School and also at Harvard and Columbia. I wish that he would record the cello concertos of Johan Svendsen and Charles Marie Widor. I love these works and unfortunately there are only one or two recordings each of these works. He can be considered to be the successor to Pablo Casals (1876-1973) and Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007). They were both were great cellists. Unfortunately most of Casals' recordings were made before the advent of better recording technology. In fact, Ma had played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra which was conducted by Casals. At age three he played the violin, viola, piano and drums and eventually settled on the Cello. He has appeared on the Johnny Carson Show and Sesame Street. He has met several US Presidents of both parties. He is also a United Nations Messenger of Peace. He has collaborated with many pop artists including Bobby McFerrin, James Taylor and Miley Cyrus to name a few. I wonder if he will collaborate with Brittany Spears or Taylor Swift. Many of the important Classical artists have done Classical crossover albums. He has done chamber music with Emmanuel Ax with whom he is good friends. He has played both Chamber music and as a soloist with many of the world's great Orchestras. I can't keep track of how many CDs that I have of him, I can't remember how many CDs that I have but he is a good and versatle cellist.
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