| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-May-2013 Chicago Symphony Center | Yo-Yo Ma and company entertain at Chicago Symphony Center |
 Yo-Yo Ma, currently the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, along with members from the same orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, took the stage at Symphony Center for a single night last Wednesday.Read full review... | |
| 28-Feb-2013 Chicago Symphony Center | Yo-Yo Ma and Esa-Pekka Salonen bring Lutosławski to the CSO |
 This past Thursday and Friday, Yo-Yo Ma (the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant), Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tackled the immensely challenging Lutosławski Cello Concerto. New music geeks hardly need be informed of what a rare opportunity it is to hear a musician of Mr Ma’s caliber in the performance of a difficult modernist work, and the hope I held out for the show was amply ratified.Read full review... | |
| 2-Mar-2012 City Hall Concert Hall | Yo-Yo Ma celebrates Hong Kong City Hall's birthday |
 To celebrate the 50th birthday of the City Hall Concert Hall on March 2nd, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra chose a programme of short but diverse works with undulating emotional appeal. Star soloist for the evening was cellist Yo-Yo Ma, returning three and a half decades after his debut here.
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| 31-Aug-2011 Royal Albert Hall | A tailor-made cello concerto for Yo-Yo Ma |
 It is always exciting to witness the birth of a new piece of composition, all the more so when the soloist is the inimitable Yo-Yo Ma. Graham Fitkin’s new Cello Concerto, a BBC commission, was perfectly tailored for this amazing cellist: Fitkin explained prior to the concert how he collaborated closely with Ma and how sometimes the cellist would make creative suggestions which would be reflected in the work. The resulting work, as Fitkin himself admits, is darker and bleaker than his usual works, and less rhythm-driven in order to highlight the lyrical qualities of Yo-Yo Ma’s playing.
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