Biography
Yo-Yo Ma is a French-born American cellist. He was born in Paris and spent his schooling years in New York City and was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half.
Filmography
all 59
Movies 40
self 37
TV Shows 19
Voice 3
Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy (2025)
Movie
Self - Cellist
Music by John Williams (2024)
Movie
Self
Amanpour (2023)
TV
Music
Dancing Nation (2021)
TV
Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Movie
6
Additional Music
The Vietnam War (2017)
TV
6
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Words That Built America (2017)
Movie
Self - Musician
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
Movie
Voice Over (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
TV
6.67
Self - Soloist
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013)
Movie
Musician
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Movie
5
Self (cellist)
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano (2003)
Movie
Musician
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Movie
4.92
Yo-Yo Ma
The West Wing (1999)
TV
5.66
himself / Music
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri (1998)
Movie
himself / Music
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden (1998)
Movie
Himself / Idea
Sarabande (1997)
Movie
Musician
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Movie
8
Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
Arthur (1996)
TV
7.33
Tom (voice)
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.68
Musician
Taipei Story (1985)
Movie
Self - Main Guest
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
TV
Information
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-10-07 (69 years old)
Birth Place
Paris,
Children
Nicholas Ma
Siblings
Yeou-Cheng Ma
Citizenships
Republic of China, , United States
Also Known As
یو-یو ما
Awards
doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University, Vilcek Prize, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Great Immigrants Award, Echo Klassik Award - Instrumentalist of the Year, honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Library of Congress Living Legend, Order "Danaker", Avery Fisher Prize, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Glenn Gould Prize, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Dan David Prize, Birgit Nilsson Prize, Polar Music Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Emmy Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Time 100
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