- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- October 7, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received 19 Grammy Awards. In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has also collaborated with artists from a diverse range of genres, including Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Diana Krall…
Filmography
movieJacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieHalf Moon
2025 · Self
movieNotre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée
2024 · Self
movieFacing the Wind
2024 · Executive Producer
movieMusic by John Williams
2024 · Self - Cellist
movieGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Yo-Yo Ma
tvDancing Nation
2021 · Music
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
movieBeethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
2020
tvDeeper Look from New York
2020 · Self
tvDesus & Mero
2019 · Self
movieLeonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018 · Self - Cellist
movieWon't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 · Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
tvFiring Line with Margaret Hoover
2018 · Self - Guest
movieMister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018 · Self
tvThe Vietnam War
2017 · Additional Music
movieThe Words That Built America
2017 · Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
movieBlue Gold: American Jeans
2017 · Self
movieThe Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2016 · Self
movieYo Yo Ma: The Bach Project– Six Cello Suites
2015 · Self
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Musical Guest
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Self (voice)
movieThe Goat Rodeo Sessions Live
2012 · Self
movieHow to Grow a Band
2012 · Self
movieChris Botti in Boston
2009 · Self
movieMemoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Musician
tvThe Colbert Report
2005 · Self - Guest
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
movieYo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
2004 · Self
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
movieBeethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
2003 · Self (cellist)
movieNaqoyqatsi
2002 · Musician
movieAppalachian Journey Live In Concert
2000 · Self
movieCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Musician
tvThe West Wing
1999 · Yo-Yo Ma
Children of the Night
movieChildren of the Night
1999 · Songs
tvYo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach
1998 · Self
movieAppointment With The Wise Old Dog
1998 · Self
movieThe Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
1997 · Self
Struggle for Hope
movieStruggle for Hope
1997 · Self
movieSix Gestures
1997 · Self
Falling Down Stairs
movieFalling Down Stairs
1997 · Self
movieSarabande
1997 · Self, Idea
movieBach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
1997 · Self, Music
movieBach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri
1997 · Self, Music
movieSeven Years in Tibet
1997 · Musician
tvArthur
1996 · Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
movieBeethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
1995 · Self
movieDvorak in Prague: A Celebration
1993 · Self
tvFrasier
1993 · Tom (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad
movieTchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad
1990 · Self - Performer
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
movieTaipei Story
1985 · Musician
movieOzawa
1985 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self - Main Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)