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Yo-Yo Ma [a] (born October 7, 1955) is a French-American cellist. [1] Born to Chinese [ 2 ] parents in Paris , he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four.
The score was composed by Tan Dun, originally performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, and Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. It also features many solo passages for cello played by Yo-Yo Ma. The "last track" (A Love Before Time) features Coco Lee. The music for the entire film was produced in two weeks. [1]
Although it appeared that the piece was being performed live, it was in fact mimed while a recording made two days before was fed to the television pool and speakers. [3] Yo-Yo Ma told NPR's All Things Considered that the piano keys had been decoupled from the hammers, and the bows of the stringed instruments had been soaped to silence them. [6]
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The orchestra became "the first Chinese orchestra of Chinese instruments" to do so. [4] [63] In 1996, the Carnegie Hall Corporation commissioned Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng to create Spring Dreams, a concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and the orchestra. [64] In 1997, Spring Dreams was performed by the orchestra and the famed cellist. [41] [45]
Yo-Yo Ma - The Classical Cello Collection [28] 2016: Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble: Sing Me Home; Schumann: Cello Concerto; Adagio & Allegro; Fantasiestücke [29] 2017: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach [30] Brigitte Klassik zum Genießen: Yo-Yo Ma [31] 2018 Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites [32] Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini [33] Six Evolutions - Bach ...
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble is a documentary film about Silkroad directed by Morgan Neville. [18] The film was released in U.S. theaters starting in June 2016. The Orchard has acquired all worldwide rights to the film with the exception of U.S. domestic television rights, which HBO has acquired. [19]
Ma Xiaohui (simplified Chinese: 马 晓 晖; traditional Chinese: 馬曉暉; pinyin: Mǎ Xiǎohuī) is an erhu player and composer from Shanghai, People's Republic of China. She is one of China's few first-class traditional artists embracing an international career.