Yo-Yo Ma:A Great Cellist

Yo-Yo Ma

BiographyBirth: 1955

Where: Paris, France

First Public Performance: at age 5

First appearance on T.V. : concert with L. Bernstein

Recording Lables: CBS, RCA, Sony

Awards: Avery Fisher Prize (1978)

Grammy Awards for

Best International soloist perform.

Best chamber music perform.

Best Classical contemporary composition

Best Classical Album

Best Classical Crossover Album

Glenn Gould Prize (1999)

International Cello Festival (2007)

Doctor of Musical Arts : Princeton Univ. (2005)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvD0RgaGmU

The Silk Road Project (1998-)

• non-profit project

• promotes collaboration among artists and institutions

• promotes multicultural artistic exchange

• studies diverse ideas among different cultures along

the Silk Road

• connects musicians, composers, artists, and audiences

from Asia to Europe to the Americas

• programs: concerts, festivals, exhibitions, educational

plans, recordings, publications, commissioning new

musical works

Inspired by…The Silk Road:

The Ancient Trade Route

Motivated by…

• Extensive concert travels

• Interconnections among diverse cultures,

ideas, peoples

• Influences of diverse traditions on new

musical ideas

PicturesJapanese biwa Arab Oud

Chinese erhu Indian Sarangi

“Music can act as a magnet

to draw people together ”

Yo-Yo Ma

The Silk Road Ensemble

The SRE Performing ArtistsSiamak Aghaei, santur/composerEdward Arron, celloJeffrey Beecher, contrabassMike Block, celloNicholas Cords, violaGevorg Dabaghyan, dudukSandeep Das, tabla/composerJoel Fan, pianoJonathan Gandelsman, violinJoseph Gramley, percussion/composerBen Haggarty, storytellerHe Cui, sheng Rauf Islamov, kamancheh Colin Jacobsen, violin/composerEric Jacobsen, celloSiamak Jahangiry, neyHu Jianbing, bawu, sheng, suonaKayhan Kalhor, kamancheh/composerKhongorzul Ganbaatar, urtiin duu (longsong)Dong-Won Kim, Korean percussion and vocals/composer Ji Hyun Kim, kayagum/vocalsYou-Young Kim, viola

Li Hui, pipa Liu Lin, sanxian Yo-Yo Ma, cello/morin khuurAli Asgar Mammadov, tar Max Mandel, violaGulia Mashurova, harpKevork Mourad, visual artistAlim Qasimov, vocals Fargana Qasimova, vocals Bassam Saba, oud, nay/composer Shane Shanahan, percussion/composerMark Suter, percussion/composerKojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi/composerWu Man, pipa/composerWu Tong, sheng/composerBetti Xiang, erhuYang Wei, pipaDaXun Zhang, contrabass

List of RepertoireArgentina

From Air to Air, chamber ensemble version commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation 2006, Osvaldo Golijov

ArmeniaThe Morning Scent of the Acacia's Song 2001 commission, Vache Sharafyan

AzerbaijanCaravan 2000 commission, Javanshir Guliev

Dervish 2000 commission, Franghiz Ali-ZadehHabil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

ChinaBlue Little Flower arr. Wu Tong, Chinese Traditional

Fusion 2000 commission, Xiaoyong ChenMido Mountain arr. Wu Tong, Chinese Traditional

Moon Over Guan Mountains 2000 commission, Zhao JipingNirvana II 2000 commission, Liu Yuan

Silk Road Reverie 2000 commission, Zhu Jian-erTactile Time 2000 commission, Han Yong

The Prospect of Colored Desert 2000 commission, Jia DaqunYi Xin 2000 commission, Zhang Xu Ru

FrancePiano Trio in A minor, Maurice Ravel

Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135, Claude DebussyHungary

Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, Zoltán KodályIndia

Kolam music commissioned by the Silk Road Project in 2001, choreographed by Mark Morris; Mark Morris, Zakir Hussain, Ethan Iverson

Iran Avaz-e Dashti, Persian Traditional

Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur 2000 commission, arr. Kalhor/Prutsman, Stephen: dedicated to the life of Harrison Kravis, Kayhan

KalhorThe Silent City, arr. Kalhor/Ljova.  This piece was made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation and was first performed in Cambridge,

Massachusetts, on December 20, 2005, by the Silk Road Ensemble, artists in residence at Harvard University.

Through the Ancient Valley (Cello Concerto No. 2) World Premiere 2001: New York Philharmonic co-commission with the Köln Musik GmbH and the

Orchestre National de Lyon, Richard Danielpour

Italy Chi passa per'sta strada, Filippo Azzaiolo

JapanFive Finnish Folk Songs, Michio Mamiya

Kio, Michio MamiyaOrion, Toru Takemitsu

KoreaAncient Bell, commissioned for The Silk Road Project 2006, Jeeyoung Kim

Hae-Maji Gut (A Shaman Performance to the New Sun) 2001 commission, Joon-Il KangTryst 2001 commission, "Jacqueline" Jee-young Kim

Mongolia Khara Khorum 2000 commission, Sangidorj Sansargereltech

Legend of Herlen 2000 commission, Byambasuren SharavMongolian Traditional, Mongolian Traditional

Russia Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, Dmitri Shostakovich

TajikistanCircles of Time 2000 commission, Latif-Zadeh Alisher

Silk Road Dreams Dancing 2000 commission, Tolib-hon ShahidiSufi & Buddhist Monk 2001 commission, Tolib-hon Shahidi

Toj 2001 commission, Alisher Latif-Zadeh

Turkey On the Back Streets of Old Istanbul 2001 commission, Hasan Uçarsu

Partita, Op. 31, Adnan SaygunUnited States of America

Music for a Royal Palace, commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation 2006, Christopher Adler

Ritmos Anchinos, commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation 2006, Gabriela Lena Frank

Sulvasutra, commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation 2006, Evan Ziporyn

USA/Hong Kong Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain, commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation

2006, Angel LamUzbekistan

Bukhara Concerto 2000 commission, Mustafa BafoyevNight Music: Voices in the Leaves 2000 commission, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky

Paths of Parables, commissioned for The Silk Road Project 2006, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky

The Silk Road InstrumentsKorean

Jang-go Kayagum

Chinese

Pipa Sheng Erhu

Japanese

Shakuhachi

Persian

Kamancheh

Mongolian

Morin khuur

Indian

Tabla

Performance highlights ofthe Silk Road Ensemble

Performance highlights of

the silk Road Ensemble

Carnegie hall

world expo 2005

concert gebouw

BBC PROMS

NOBEL PRIZE CEL.

LUCERNE FEST.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5_uKH8__A

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