By tuning down the A to the baroque pitch, the prelude from Bach sounds like F# major, while still playing it in the original G major; this helps achieve a more vibrant, “full” sound that is closer to ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. I hope you're enjoying your Thanksgiving. For the holiday, we're going to feature one of our favorite interviews of the year with Yo-Yo Ma. He brought his cello ...

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.

Watch Yo-Yo Ma: World-famous cellist's impromptu vaccine ... a trio recording with a Cuban flavour. 7. Bach’s Suites for solo cello have been a constant companion throughout his career Yo ...

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 ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is returning to the Lehigh ... final season with The Bach Choir in 2020-21. Ma last came to the Lehigh Valley to perform Bach's Cello Suites at the Bach Choir's Centennial ...

Purdue University President Mung Chiang and the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series present the renowned cellist, recording artist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma in a special engagement moderated by “PBS ...