Yo-Yo Ma came to WHYY to be interviewed, and of course, he brought his cello. It has a name: Petunia. Petunia, made in 1733 by the Venetian luthier Domenico Montagnana, played the first song Ma ever ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast Our Common Nature from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.

This August, the Tanglewood Music Festival will deepen its engagement with the humanities through two complementary initiatives: Past, Present, and Future: What Is Music For?, a new series curated by ...

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) will welcome world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Toledo to perform for the third time since 1984 in 2023. Ma, who has won 19 Grammy Awards for his work, is scheduled ...

For the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma, it took those early days of the pandemic, when a lot of folks were trapped in their homes or apartments, to really start thinking about reconnecting with the outdoors.

When Yo-Yo Ma looks around his home state, he sees history everywhere. The celebrated cellist has called Massachusetts home — he owns homes in Cambridge and Tyringham — for the past 53 years, but Ma ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will receive the key to the city of Providence, Rhode Island on May 31. The award will be presented by Mayor Brett Smiley during the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's gala. Ma has ...

In partnership with the musical charity Playing For Change, Peter Gabriel has re-recorded his anti-apartheid anthem “Biko” in 2021, enlisting the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo and more. “In honor ...