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This version of Bach’s first cello suite was recorded live in the Great Smoky Mountains. I’ve always thought of Suite No. 1 as “Nature at Play,” so it was a dream to play it with the birds, the trees, and the rushing brook. ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/natureatplay
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In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort. The first of my #SongsOfComfort: Dvořák – "Going Home”
Stay safe.
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This is a little bit of comfort for those who need it.
Over the Rainbow #songsofcomfort
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A #songofcomfort for anyone who needs it.
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Some musical gratitude for all the healthcare workers who do the impossible every day.
Simple Gifts, #songsofcomfort
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I'll never forget the way Ennio Morricone described music as “energy, space, and time.” It is, perhaps, the most concise and accurate description I’ve ever heard. We'll truly miss him. This is the Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso." #EnnioMorricone
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This is for the healthcare workers on the frontlines — the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3. Your ability to balance human connection and scientific truth in service of us all gives me hope. #songsofcomfort
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This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways.
Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major #songsofcomfort
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To our friends in Turkey and Syria — our love, thoughts, and prayers are with you all. This is for those who are suffering and for the helpers that are working tirelessly to save lives and bring hope.
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Partita by Adnan Saygun #songsofcomfort
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Teachers! This one is for you, for always finding the strength to give young people hope, even in the most difficult circumstances. Thank you.
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Prélude, Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach, #songsofcomfort
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For Italy.
Per l'Italia.
Morricone, from "The Legend of 1900" ("La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano")
#SongsOfComfort
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To all the mothers and caregivers: thank you for the love you give every day.
Love Theme (from "Cinema Paradiso”), Ennio Morricone. #songsofcomfort
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For those grieving.
Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
#songsofcomfort
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For #EarthDay, @annaclyne's “In the Gale” recorded in @AcadiaNPS for the @BirdsongProject.
🌎 🐦 orcd.co/forthebirdsvol2
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Years ago, I visited my friend #MisterRogers to play this song. This is for the kids and their grown-ups who are at home together. Sing along with me! #songsofcomfort
Tree Tree Tree
Tree Tree Tree...
We love you
Yes we do
Yes we do
We love you
Original: bit.ly/2QH96Tk
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For India.
Sarabande from Bach's Suite for Solo Cello No. 4. #songsofcomfort
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Tomorrow, I start a journey across the Great Smoky Mountains, ending with a celebration of #OurCommonNature in Knoxville. Here’s "Appalachia Waltz" with Edgar Meyer, performed in the Smokies last year. ourcommonnature.org
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@bigearsfestival @OurCommonNature @GreatSmokyNPS
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Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, J.S. Bach #songsofcomfort
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On Sunday, May 24 at 3pm ET, I’ll be performing #Bach’s complete cello suites live as a memorial for those we've lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience of our communities. Join me on @995WCRB, radio stations nationwide or YouTube. piped.video/AHYD7ZiiD38
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With our deepest gratitude to everyone who joined us on this journey. 🫶
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Music: Cantique by Nadia Boulanger performed with @kathystott
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Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend. Mark O’Connor's "Appalachia Waltz" #songsofcomfort
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For my friends in Libya and Morocco.
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Excerpt of the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 5 #songsofcomfort
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There are so many stories made invisible: too-often-violent histories hidden beneath the surfaces of our cities, our institutions, our music. It’s our job to make them visible. I’m honored to mark #Juneteenth with a new song by @RhiannonGiddens. #blacklivesmatter #songsofchange
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Greetings to my Human Family! Wishing you all DIGNITY and RESPECT toward one another in the coming year____THE PATH: 👂 Listening... Happy 2024!
—Yo-Yo Ma
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For those we've lost.
"Sarabande" from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 #songsofcomfort ▶️ piped.video/b_r2pzqN6Mg
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Last year in Lima I met artists of the Shipibo tribe, who use art to share their knowledge of the Amazon. They settled in the dense neighborhood of Cantagallo, which faces high rates of COVID. This is for them & the millions who don’t have the luxury of distance. #songsofcomfort
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Bach's Prélude from Suite No. 2, amidst the melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska, where I was brought by Princess Daazhraii Johnson (@ArcticDaazhraii).
Full video at ▶️ bit.ly/4aJnjXb
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Simple gifts that your country has given to you, you can give back by voting. To all those who have already voted and all of the election workers — thank you!
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"The Swan" with @kathystott, by Camille Saint-Saëns. Saint-Saëns was a close friend and mentor to Gabriel Fauré, who is at the heart of our new recording, MERCI. yoyoma.lnk.to/merci
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In honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, my friend Sara Wolfensohn and I contributed a performance of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise to "The Eternal Aria," a virtual musical shiva on YouTube >> bit.ly/3mGEIXW
May her memory be for blessing. #songsofcomfort
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I’m grateful for music’s comfort, but also for its connections. Two years ago, I heard @angeliquekidjo sing “Blewu” — a dirge for the dead and an anthem of thanks. It’s never left me.
“Blewu,” based on a traditional Ewe song, composed by Bella Bellow #songsofcomfort
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We usually start the year quietly. But this year we need everybody’s energy. I hope that this musical flow charges you to move, act and feel common purpose. Happy new year to you all.
Prelude to Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, J.S. Bach #songsofhope
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One more hour! Tune in at 3pm for my live performance of the complete Bach cello suites — a memorial to those we've lost and a tribute to the resilience of our communities. piped.video/AHYD7ZiiD38
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I’m honored to join @Raffi_RC to celebrate 40 years of “Baby Beluga,” and to call on each of us to work together for a sustainable future where life under the sea can swim wild & free. #songsofcomfort #songsofchange @GlobalGoalsUN #SDG14 #belugagrads
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It was a privilege to be with the team rebuilding @notredameparis, cultural workers using their hands, their heads, and their hearts to forge the knowledge of the past into a better future, for the citizens of Paris and for the world.
@rebatirNDP 🎥 Taylor McKay and @austinmann
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This is Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in Kharkiv.
A violoncellist performs in downtown Kharkiv, destroyed by Russia.
Video: @suspilne
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Just before the summer solstice, I spent three days in Maine's Acadia National Park. (1/7)
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For Iran, with my dear friend @KayhanKalhor. “Morgh e Sahar” (Bird of the Dawn) by Ostad Morteza Naydavoud #songsofcomfort #songsofchange
برای ایران بهمراه دوست عزیزم کیهان کلهر. مرغ سحر ساخته استاد مرتضی نی داوود
#مرتضی_نی_داوود
#ایران
#یو_یو_ما
#مرغ_سحر
#کیهان_کلهر
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Today, as we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of service, listen again to this song by @RhiannonGiddens. Today is always a good day to learn. Full song: piped.video/gYDo0ZjXegM
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I was in Hawaiʻi last month with culture-keepers, artists, sailors, and scientists, communities who believe in that most fundamental and beautiful vision: “He waʻa, he honua” — that the earth is our canoe. (1/9)
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Last month, I was in West Virginia, where I had the privilege of sharing music, meals, and nature with young people, artists, scientists, miners, and others. (1/8)
All 📷 by Austin Mann
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One year ago: honoring the #GrandCanyon and its caretakers.
▶️ yo-yoma.com/news/yo-yo-ma-at…
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For this last day of a long winter.
"Here Comes the Sun" by @GeorgeHarrison, performed with @JamesTaylor_com.
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Schumann with @EmanuelAx. #songsofcomfort
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Music for the Great Smoky Mountains with @EdgarMeyerJr and @BryanD28Sutton from 2022. Looking forward to bringing more to #Knoxville on Friday. >> ourcommonnature.org
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@OurCommonNature @BigEarsFestival @GreatSmokyNPS
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MERCI, to my friend and collaborator @kathystott, and for all the relationships that keep music alive. Out in October, Merci is our album of gratitude, featuring Fauré and his circle. First track, “Sicilienne,” is out now.
Listen ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/merci
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@SonyMasterworks • @sonyclassical
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“Rain Falling from the Roof,” composed by and performed with my dear friend Wu Tong 吳彤. Here’s his story of the music. #songsofcomfort #songsofchange #SDG3 #SDG12 @silkroadproject
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If you plan on #voting by mail, you need to post it TODAY to make sure it’s counted! Or find a ballot dropbox near you. Get voting information for your area here: headcount.org/state/
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My friend @SandyBoynton and I made a little something! #SongsofComfort
“Mooing Home” — Music by Dvořák
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One year after he left us, still thinking about #EnnioMorricone and his unique description of music as “energy, space, and time.” yoyoma.lnk.to/enniomorricone
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#BachProject in “Los Dos Laredos” — in U.S. and Mexico — yesterday.
"I've lived my life at the borders. Between cultures. Between disciplines. Between musics. Between generations." @NPR #CultureConnectsUs npr.org/2019/04/13/713092703…
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Rehearsing with my dear friend @angeliquekidjo for our upcoming performances in Monaco (Dec 1), Paris (Dec 3), Luxembourg (Dec 5) and Brussels (Dec 6). Details at yo-yoma.com/calendar/
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In Mexico City last week, I dedicated the fifth suite to all the courageous and resilient Mexicans, the families of the disappeared, and those who have suffered from violence. 🇲🇽 @liladowns
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If you #PledgetoPause before you share online, you can help stop the spread of misinformation and bring an end to this pandemic. Here's something to listen to while you wait! 🐝 @UN
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Forty-nine years ago, Pablo Casals played this piece at the United Nations. On Friday, October 23, we’re going to celebrate the @UN’s 75th anniversary with a live concert event on @idagio_official's Global Concert Hall ▶️ idag.io/YYM_Equilibrium_1
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What is our place in the universe? Where do we sit between the past and future, between human and nature? How can wonder and awe give us hope and clarity?
📷 @austinmann
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V. Epilogue from "The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea." Composed by and performed with my dear friend @KinanAzmeh كنان العظمة. #songsofcomfort
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With @JgWild_Nvwoti in @GreatSmokyNPS last year. Looking forward to returning to the Smokies next week to join Jarrett, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the @BigEarsFestival, and other amazing partners for #OurCommonNature: An Appalachian Celebration. ourcommonnature.org
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Prayer by Ernest Bloch (“From Jewish Life” No. 1)
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Excerpt of video originally released as part of #songsofcomfort
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Two budding cellists, 9 and 6, serenade an elderly neighbor — and a locked-down world washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Arrived in the Great Smoky Mountains. ourcommonnature.org
📷 Austin Mann
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✅ VOTE!
Find out where your polling place is, who’s on your ballot and more ▶️ headcount.org
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Deserted Italian street rings out with song as people lean from windows to sing together during lockdown independent.co.uk/news/world…
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Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy") with @kathystott. New video out now ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/songsofcomfort…
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@SonyClassical @SonyMasterworks
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Out today, more Beethoven for Three from Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and me: recordings of Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, “Archduke” AND a new video of Symphony No. 5’s iconic first movement — Watch the full video at yoyoma.lnk.to/symphony5video
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@SonyMasterworks
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You can support musicians who have been impacted by the pandemic simply by listening to my new track with @kathystott! yoyoma.lnk.to/youllneverwalk…
100% of our earnings from “You’ll Never Walk Alone” will be donated to @musiciansfdn and @HelpMusiciansUK.
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One year ago, I had the privilege of bringing the #BachProject to #Beirut. Today, my heart is with all of the friends, partners, and people I met there.
📷 @austinmann
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Our planet is astounding. I’ve visited some incredibly beautiful places this year, and learned so much from the people who care for them. (1/4)
📷 Austin Mann
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Tomorrow's livestream from @WGBH in Boston will be at 3pm ET on YouTube and public radio stations nationwide. piped.video/AHYD7ZiiD38 ❤️
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"Over the Rainbow" with @kathystott. Our new album, "Songs of Comfort and Hope," arrives December 11. #songsofcomfort #songsofhope
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This Sunday at 1pm EST / 7pm CET, tune in to the world premiere of “See Me: A Global Concert,” led by @marinalsop — part of to the Opening Ceremony of the @WEF #DavosAgenda. ▶️ piped.video/worldeconomicfor…
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Thank you for the kind comments on my #songsofcomfort playlist. This weekend, I invite you to make your own #playlist to bring comfort to your family & friends. Reply with a link to share with all of us! 🎶
Spotify: spoti.fi/3d1s4gj
YouTube: piped.video/rzQJXoLukBc
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Classical music — all of culture — is about connection, about forging bonds across time and with the world around us. @AppleClassical
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When I first played #JohnWilliams’s Theme from Schindler’s List, it brought me into an emotional space that I couldn’t escape. I’m proud to share this new recording of it with @nyphil.
▶️ yoyoma-johnwilliams.lnk.to/A…
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What an honor to share the stage with @T_Mothotoane, @eddiendopu & @carloSanvee, talking about how trust can help us build a better world & achieve the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.🌎#DF19 #SDG
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