AP - Jun 25, 2009
Cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma led a workshop with Venezuela s top young musicians on Thursday and said he came away feeling like a student himself. Ma came to Venezuela to perform with conductor Gustavo Dudamel...
More »AP - Jan 27, 2009
Gabriela Montero says she and the other members of the Obama inauguration quartet were not trying to fool anybody by having recorded music played in the biting cold. Shaken by comparisons to lip-syncers...
More »Reuters - Jan 5, 2009
Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers can re-edit online, Billboard has learned. Classical music fans aren't the most...
More »AP - Oct 3, 2008
After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey. His next CD, Songs of Joy & Peace, is being released this...
More »AP - Sep 17, 2008
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is throwing a yearlong bash to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The celebration will include a series of artistic and educational events and initiatives, including...
More »AP - Sep 26, 2007
Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road — the Silk Road to China. It s the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched...
More »AP - Apr 8, 2007
The notion of cultural purity is a dead end, said famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in Paris to Chinese parents and came to the United States as a child prodigy. Ma s internationally recruited Silk...
More »AP - Oct 6, 2006
The call came a few hours before Carnegie Hall s season-opening gala concert — Thomas Quasthoff, one of the stars of the night, had an inflamed vocal cord and couldn t sing. Carnegie managers were...
More »AP - May 11, 2005
Break out the lightsabers — the gallant theme is back. This time, however, the brassy fanfare leads us down the abyss. Like many aspects of the epic Star Wars saga, the music John Williams made...
More »AP - May 5, 2005
A probate judge has ordered the former executor of violinist Isaac Stern s estate to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to Stern s three grown children. Stern s children, from his second marriage,...
More »AP - Apr 21, 2005
Watching Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble in concert is a bit like picturing the United Nations with instruments. Among the countries represented in his worldly ensemble are Iran, China, Israel,...
More »AP - Mar 1, 2005
Rosa Passos is packing concert halls, has recorded with master cellist Yo-Yo Ma and won rave reviews for her bossa nova shows, which have earned comparisons to the legendary Joao Gilberto. But can she...
More »AP - Feb 27, 2005
Quelle bling, Beyonce! The R&B diva soared alongside the American Boychoir while delivering the French lyrics to Vois Sur Ton Chemin, then sparkled in brilliant jewelry and heavy eye makeup in singing...
More »Reuters - Jan 28, 2005
After postponing a fall 2004 launch, Sony BMG is set to introduce its first DualDisc titles. A blitz of 18 releases will arrive Feb. 8; more will arrive Feb. 22 and March 1. Among the scheduled DualDisc...
More »Reuters - Dec 19, 2004
A number of evergreen artists and albums that took first rank last year have held steady through 2004, making them classical chart-toppers once again. Even so, several newcomers edged onto the year-...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »AP - Dec 8, 2004
After the violinist Isaac Stern died, pieces of his legacy, including autographed photographs, a music collection and violins and bows, were auctioned off. But Stern s three children say that never...
More »AP - Dec 7, 2004
61. Salsa/Merengue Album: Valio La Pena, Marc Anthony; Travesia, Victor Manuelle; Autentico, Gilberto Santa Rosa; Creciendo, Son de Cali; Across 110th Street, Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben...
More »Reuters - Nov 27, 2004
DualDisc and DVD(plus) discs have until now been devoid of graphics, apart from limited text on the inner ring. Because both sides of these CD/DVD hybrids contain optical data, it has been impossible...
More »AP - Oct 29, 2004
Ennio Morricone has composed some of the most moving melodies ever written for films — music that enraptures Yo-Yo Ma . I ve loved his music as long as I can remember, the 49-year-old cellist...
More »AP - Sep 1, 2004
Pretelevised winners at Wednesday s fifth annual Latin Grammys : Song Of The Year: No Es Lo Mismo, Alejandro Sanz , songwriter and artist. Male Pop Vocal Album: No Es Lo Mismo, Alejandro Sanz. Pop...
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Yo-Yo Ma - Outside the Box
The Wexford Carol
You Couldn't Be Cuter
