Bachtrack logo

Performer: Yo-Yo Ma

Live EventsSee more...

LenoxTanglewood Recital Series: The Cellists of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Listing filler
Yo-Yo Ma; Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

LenoxYo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon perform Brahms and Fauré

Listing filler
Fauré, Brahms
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Samy Rachid; Renaud Capuçon; Yo-Yo Ma; Berkshire Lyric Chorus; Jack Brown

LenoxAn American Journey with Yo-Yo Ma and Friends

Listing filler
Copland, Ives, Herbert
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Teddy Abrams; Ken-David Masur; Yo-Yo Ma; Aoife O'Donovan; Jennifer Kreisberg

LenoxOpen Rehearsal: Yo-Yo Ma, Arooj Aftab, Karen Ouzounian, and Christine Lee perform Tavener, Kalhor, and Golijov

Listing filler
Tavener, Kalhor, Golijov
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Samy Rachid; Yo-Yo Ma; Karen Ouzounian; Christine Lee

LenoxYo-Yo Ma, Arooj Aftab, Karen Ouzounian, and Christine Lee perform Tavener, Kalhor, and Golijov

Listing filler
Tavener, Kalhor, Golijov
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Samy Rachid; Yo-Yo Ma; Karen Ouzounian; Christine Lee

LucerneWest Eastern Divan Orchestra

© Jason Bell
Dvořák, Mendelssohn
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim; Yo-Yo Ma
Latest reviewsSee more...

Yo-Yo Ma thrills and enthralls Singapore audience

Yo-Yo Ma and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra © Jack Yam | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
At the threshold of seventy, Yo-Yo Ma still a box office dream, plays Dvořák with the Singapore Symphony. 
****1
Read more

Yo-Yo Ma luxuriates in warm Saint-Saëns at Tanglewood

Yo-Yo Ma, Samy Rachid and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Two Camille’s anchor the first half of Samy Rachid’s Tanglewood program: Saint-Saëns and Pépin. 
****1
Read more

Definitive Dvořák from Ma and Honeck on festive Pittsburgh program

Yo-Yo Ma and Manfred Honeck © JMilteer Photography
Yo-Yo Ma returns to Pittsburgh for searing performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. The enjoyable program also includes a tribute to Fred Rogers. 
****1
Read more

Splendid Shostakovich from Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony in Carnegie Hall © Chris Lee

A haunting account of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto is paired with a vivid rendition of his Eleventh Symphony.

****1
Read more

A masterclass in concert form: Yo-Yo Ma inspires in Gstaad

Yo-Yo Ma and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra © Raphaël Faux
Watching Ma inspire younger musicians is an extraordinary experience. Renaud Capuçon conducts an entertaining if imperfect Eroica.
****1
Read more

Inspired Dvořák and vibrant Smetana from the Czech Philharmonic

Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic © Chris Lee

Semyon Bychkov and the much-lauded ensemble are joined at Carnegie Hall by Yo-Yo Ma in dazzling performances from the Czech repertoire. 

*****
Read more