Yo-Yo Ma

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Artist Tunde Olaniran's 'Made a Universe' opens a portal at a Detroit museum

10:51am July 30, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.

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Yo-Yo Ma (shown here performing in Washington, D.C., last year) surprised unsuspecting Indians in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday with an impromptu roadside performance.

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Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Bystanders In Mumbai With A Mini-Concert

7:40pm January 23, 2019

by Lindsey Feingold

Yo-Yo Ma, the world's most famous living cellist, performed formally and informally in Mumbai this week, part of a long-term project to play Bach's six suites for cello in 36 places around the world.

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Yo-Yo Ma plays selections from Bach's Cello Suites at NPR Music's Tiny Desk.

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Yo-Yo Ma, A Life Led With Bach

8:20pm August 17, 2018

If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.

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Yo-Yo Ma performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 25, 2018 (Samantha Clark/NPR).

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Yo-Yo Ma: Tiny Desk Concert

12:37pm August 17, 2018

by Tom Huizenga

Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.