Committee of 100, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Deltog i
World Economic Forum årsmøde 2016, World Economic Forum årsmøde 2017, World Economic Forum årsmøde 2018, World Economic Forums årsmøde 2020, World Economic Forum årsmøde 2022
Han blev født i Paris af kinesiske forældre med musikalsk baggrund. Da Ma var fem år gammel flyttede familien til New York City.
Siden en ung alder har Yo-Yo Ma spillet cello med de største klassiske orkestre i verden, ligesom han har modtaget en lang række internationale priser og anerkendelser for sit arbejde. Blandt andet fik han Polar Music Prize i 2012.
Diskografi
1978:
Finzi: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 40 (reissued 2007)
1979:
Robert White Sings Beethoven
1980:
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals | Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, OP. 35 | Polonaise, OP. 77
Saint-Saëns and Lalo: Cello Concertos
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op.56
1981:
Haydn: Cello Concertos
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 (med Emanuel Ax)
1982:
Kreisler, Paganini
1983:
Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
Bach: The Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Shostakovich and Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op.5, Nos.1 & 2
Kreisler, Paganini: Works
1984:
Bolling: Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 (med Emanuel Ax)
Schubert: String Quintet
Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin and Trumpet Concertos
Dvořák: Piano Quartet No.2 | Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Cello in D major, op. 78 (med Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern (tracks 1-4), and Jaime Laredo (tracks 1-4))