Yo-Yo Ma

American cellist

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2024 Honored with the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, recognizing his lifelong contributions to music.
December 7 2024 Ma performed the prelude of the First Cello Suite from Bach during the reopening of Notre-Dame in Paris.
2022 Received honorary doctorates from Stony Brook University and Columbia University, and was awarded the Birgit Nilsson Prize.
2022 Yo-Yo Ma received the Birgit Nilsson Prize, awarded for his exceptional contributions to the world of music.
2022 Yo-Yo Ma made a cameo appearance as himself in the Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
2021 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Mount Holyoke College and received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale.
2021 Yo-Yo Ma was awarded the Praemium Imperiale, recognizing his contributions to global art and culture.
September 2021 Ma contributed to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September, backing Miley Cyrus on a cover of 'Nothing Else Matters.'
September 14 2021 Yo-Yo Ma again performed Bach's six cello suites at the Hollywood Bowl, without intermission.
June 13 2021 Yo-Yo Ma was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where he shared his musical choices and the significance of his career.
March 2021 Ma played 'Ave Maria' in an impromptu concert after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Berkshire Community College.
January 20 2021 Ma's performance of 'Amazing Grace' was played during the inauguration of Joe Biden, pre-recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Yo-Yo Ma received the Asia Game Changer Award from the Asia Society for his impact on society through music.
2020 Yo-Yo Ma was named one of Times 100 Most Influential People, highlighting his influence in the cultural sphere.
September 1 2020 Yo-Yo Ma and the same group of musicians performed a virtual concert of songs from Not Our First Goat Rodeo on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.
June 19 2020 The same group of musicians who recorded The Goat Rodeo Sessions, including Yo-Yo Ma, released a second album titled Not Our First Goat Rodeo.
2019 Received honorary doctorates from the University of Oxford and Dartmouth College, further cementing his international academic and musical recognition.
2019 Ma directed the orchestra at the annual Youth Music Culture Guangdong.
June 20 2019 Ma performed the Bach Complete Cello Suites at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, attracting a large audience.
May 1 2019 Yo-Yo Ma performed at Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert, motivated by his interest in astronomy.
2018 Yo-Yo Ma participated in NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.
November 11 2018 Ma performed at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during a ceremony marking the centenary of the armistice that ended World War I.
September 12 2017 Yo-Yo Ma performed all six of Bach's cello suites at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
2016 Yo-Yo Ma was appointed as a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters for his contributions to the arts.
2015 He performed with James Taylor on three tracks of Taylor's chart-topping album Before This World: You And I Again.
October 5 2015 Yo-Yo Ma appeared on Colbert's new program, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, in support of ballerina Misty Copeland and celebrated his upcoming 60th birthday.
September 9 2015 Ma performed all six of Bach's cello suites at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms season.
2014 Yo-Yo Ma was honored with the Fred Rogers Legacy Award, stating it was perhaps the greatest honor he ever received.
2013 Inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame and awarded the Vilcek Prize in Contemporary Music.
2013 Yo-Yo Ma received the Vilcek Prize in Contemporary Music for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
2013 Yo-Yo Ma was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame, honoring his significant contributions to classical music.
April 18 2013 Yo-Yo Ma performed at an interfaith service honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
2012 Awarded the Polar Music Prize, further cementing his international musical reputation.
2012 Yo-Yo Ma was awarded the Polar Music Prize, an international prize recognizing outstanding achievements in music.
2012 Yo-Yo Ma received the Songlines Music Awards for Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration for The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
2011 Received two major honors: the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Kennedy Center Honors, recognizing his cultural impact.
2011 Ma performed with American dancer Charles 'Lil Buck' Riley at the U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture.
2011 Yo-Yo Ma was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his impactful contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States.
2011 Yo-Yo Ma received the Kennedy Center Honors, recognizing his lifetime contributions to American culture.
November 1 2011 Yo-Yo Ma returned to The Colbert Report to perform songs from the album The Goat Rodeo Sessions with musicians Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile.
2010 Ma was recognized by President Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which he received in February 2011.
2010 He was named the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
2010 Ma launched the Citizen Musician initiative in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's music director, Riccardo Muti.

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