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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:55 pm

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PBS, here, showed the season opening performance of the NY symphony orchestra last night, and they featured Yo-Yo Ma. What a treat to watch!! Not only is he unbelievably great, he must have callouses 1/2" thick on those fingers.

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erikbojerik

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:09 am

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A real talent, no question. I got to hear him live at the Kennedy Center a few years ago, wow!

You know his mom's name is Yo Ma-Ma...sorry couldn't resist

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WaddyThomson

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:40 am

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The thing I like most about him, besides his incredible talent, is his humility, and his love of all kinds of music. He's just as comfortable sitting in on a ho-down as he is in front of a symphony orchestra.

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:56 am

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Anyone ever heard his bluegrass stuff? I can't remember who he plays with but I want to say the album is Appalachian Breakdown. It's pretty cool.

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SimonF

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:35 am

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His sister's name is is Yo Adrian.

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WaddyThomson

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:01 am

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His father was a Yo-Yo Champion.

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James Orr

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:36 am

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I have his album from Bach's Cello Suites and love it. Yesterday I was
struggling between one of his albums and an album from The Emerson. I
went with The Emerson, but love Yo Yo Ma. You've got to enjoy hearing
one of the best cellos in the world being played by one of the most
respected cellists.

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:40 am

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...and would his mother be Yo-mama?

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erikbojerik

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:08 am

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[QUOTE=Pwoolson]...and would his mother be Yo-mama?[/QUOTE]

See post #2...

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Alan Carruth

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:45 am

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I got to meet him when we introduuced him to the Alto violin; the 20" viola that's played like a 'cello. We went back stage after a concert, and he passed out chocolate chip cookies to all and sundry before trying the instrument. If only it was as easy as he makes it look! He used that Alto for a year, and then gave it back to my friend Tom Knatt, because he needed to get all of his nickles in one heap to by the Strad 'cello. Later he borrowed it back, and then bought one to use on the 'New York Album' to record the Bartok Viola Concerto. That was cool, but I still think my favorite performance of his was the 'Concerto for 'Cello, two Honkers, and a Dinger' that he did on 'Sesame Street'. It's wonderful when somebody with that much shear talent, who has worked that hard, can leaven it with such a great sense of humor.

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:49 am

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Absolutely!

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