Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to and partial… Read Full Bio ↴Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to and partially raised by Chinese parents in Paris and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University, attended Columbia University, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 92 albums and received 19 Grammy Awards.
In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has also collaborated with artists from a diverse range of genres, including Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus, and Sting.
Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, The Glenn Gould Prize in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, Kennedy Center Honors in 2011, the Polar Music Prize in 2012, and the Birgit Nilsson Prize in 2022. He was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Aside from English, Ma is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and French.
Ma's primary performance instrument is the Davidov cello, made in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari
Ma's mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist, composer and professor of music at Nanjing National Central University (now relocated in Taoyuan, Taiwan; predecessor of the present-day Nanjing University and Southeast University). They both migrated from the Republic of China to France during the Chinese Civil War. Ma's sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, played the violin and piano professionally before obtaining a medical degree from Harvard and becoming a pediatrician. The family moved to New York City when Ma was seven.
From the age of three, Ma played the drums, violin, piano, and later viola, but settled on the cello in 1960 at age four. When three-year-old Yo-Yo said he wanted a big instrument, his father went to see Etienne Vatelot, a foremost violin maker in Paris who, after a chat, lent him a 1/16th cello. He jokes that his first choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up the cello instead. When his father realized that Yo-Yo was ready for a better teacher, a well-known cello instructor, Mme Michelle Lepinte, was selected. He began performing before audiences at age five and played for presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy when he was seven. At age eight, he appeared on American television with his sister in an event introduced by Leonard Bernstein. In 1964, Isaac Stern introduced them on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and they performed the Sonata of Sammartini. He attended Trinity School in New York but transferred to the Professional Children's School, where he graduated at age 15. He appeared as a soloist with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations.
Ma studied at the Juilliard School at age 19 with Leonard Rose and attended Columbia University, but dropped out. He later enrolled at Harvard College. Prior to entering Harvard, Ma played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra under the direction of cellist, conductor and Ma’s childhood hero Pablo Casals. He spent four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival after meeting and falling in love with Mount Holyoke College sophomore and festival administrator Jill Hornor during his first summer there in 1972.
Even before that time, Ma gained fame and performed with many of the world's major orchestras. He has also played chamber music, often with pianist Emanuel Ax, with whom he has a close friendship from their days at Juilliard. Ma received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard in 1976, and in 1991 received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
Yo-Yo Ma has been referred to by critics as "omnivorous" and possesses an eclectic repertoire. In addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire, he has recorded Baroque pieces using period instruments; American bluegrass music; traditional Chinese melodies, including the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; the tangos of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla; Brazilian music, recording traditional and contemporary songs composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Pixinguinha; a collaboration with Bobby McFerrin (where Ma admitted to being terrified by McFerrin's improvisation); and the music of modern minimalist Philip Glass, in such works as the 2002 Naqoyqatsi.
Ma is known for his smooth, rich tone, soulful lyricism, and virtuosity. He released a cello recording of Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 24 for solo violin and Zoltán Kodály's Solo Sonata.
On May 1, 2019, he performed at Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert. He said that his interest in astronomy motivated him to visit and perform there.
Ma's albums include recordings of cello concertos, sonatas for cello and piano, works for solo cello, and a variety of chamber music. He has also recorded in non-classical styles, notably in collaboration with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Chris Thile, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus and Sting.
In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has also collaborated with artists from a diverse range of genres, including Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus, and Sting.
Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, The Glenn Gould Prize in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, Kennedy Center Honors in 2011, the Polar Music Prize in 2012, and the Birgit Nilsson Prize in 2022. He was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Aside from English, Ma is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and French.
Ma's primary performance instrument is the Davidov cello, made in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari
Ma's mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist, composer and professor of music at Nanjing National Central University (now relocated in Taoyuan, Taiwan; predecessor of the present-day Nanjing University and Southeast University). They both migrated from the Republic of China to France during the Chinese Civil War. Ma's sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, played the violin and piano professionally before obtaining a medical degree from Harvard and becoming a pediatrician. The family moved to New York City when Ma was seven.
From the age of three, Ma played the drums, violin, piano, and later viola, but settled on the cello in 1960 at age four. When three-year-old Yo-Yo said he wanted a big instrument, his father went to see Etienne Vatelot, a foremost violin maker in Paris who, after a chat, lent him a 1/16th cello. He jokes that his first choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up the cello instead. When his father realized that Yo-Yo was ready for a better teacher, a well-known cello instructor, Mme Michelle Lepinte, was selected. He began performing before audiences at age five and played for presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy when he was seven. At age eight, he appeared on American television with his sister in an event introduced by Leonard Bernstein. In 1964, Isaac Stern introduced them on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and they performed the Sonata of Sammartini. He attended Trinity School in New York but transferred to the Professional Children's School, where he graduated at age 15. He appeared as a soloist with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations.
Ma studied at the Juilliard School at age 19 with Leonard Rose and attended Columbia University, but dropped out. He later enrolled at Harvard College. Prior to entering Harvard, Ma played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra under the direction of cellist, conductor and Ma’s childhood hero Pablo Casals. He spent four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival after meeting and falling in love with Mount Holyoke College sophomore and festival administrator Jill Hornor during his first summer there in 1972.
Even before that time, Ma gained fame and performed with many of the world's major orchestras. He has also played chamber music, often with pianist Emanuel Ax, with whom he has a close friendship from their days at Juilliard. Ma received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard in 1976, and in 1991 received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
Yo-Yo Ma has been referred to by critics as "omnivorous" and possesses an eclectic repertoire. In addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire, he has recorded Baroque pieces using period instruments; American bluegrass music; traditional Chinese melodies, including the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; the tangos of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla; Brazilian music, recording traditional and contemporary songs composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Pixinguinha; a collaboration with Bobby McFerrin (where Ma admitted to being terrified by McFerrin's improvisation); and the music of modern minimalist Philip Glass, in such works as the 2002 Naqoyqatsi.
Ma is known for his smooth, rich tone, soulful lyricism, and virtuosity. He released a cello recording of Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 24 for solo violin and Zoltán Kodály's Solo Sonata.
On May 1, 2019, he performed at Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert. He said that his interest in astronomy motivated him to visit and perform there.
Ma's albums include recordings of cello concertos, sonatas for cello and piano, works for solo cello, and a variety of chamber music. He has also recorded in non-classical styles, notably in collaboration with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Chris Thile, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus and Sting.
I Could Have Danced All Night
Yo-Yo Ma Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'I Could Have Danced All Night' by these artists:
Al Goodman And His Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Alan Jay Lerner Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Alice Lon I could have danced all night, I could have danced…
Alma Cogan Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
André Previn & Marni Nixon Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Andrews Julie Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Andrews Julie with Phillipa Bevans & Chorus Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Andy Williams I could have danced all night, I could have danced…
Angela Gheorghiu Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…Ben E. King I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Ben E. King & The Drifters Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra & Peggy Lee Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Betty Wolfe Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Brave Combo Bed? bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Charlotte Jaconelli Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Chet Baker Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Chet Baker;Bill Evans Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Christine Andreas Sylvia O'Brien and Maids I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
Chubby Checker I could have danced all night! I could have danced all…
Connie Fisher Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Connie Lansberg I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Cyril Ornadel; Julie Andrews; Rex Harrison; Robert Coote; Stanley Holloway Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Deborah Silver Could have danced all night Could have danced all night And …
Diego Figueiredo Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Dinah Shore Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Ella Fitzgerald I could have danced all night, I could have danced…
Emma I was under the impression You'd never read a book at…
Eric Alexander Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Frank Sinatra Could've danced all night, could've danced all night And sti…
Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Could've danced all night, could've danced all night And st…
Frank Sinatra; Billy May Orchestra Could've danced all night, could've danced all night And sti…
Franz Allers Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Frederick Loewe Eliza Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…Glee Cast Emma: Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too …
Helen O'connell Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Hill Bowen And His Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Jamie Cullum do-do-do-ah do-do-do-ah do-do-do-ah I could have danced all…
Jamie Cullum(제이미 컬럼) I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Jenkins Katherine Bed Bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Joanie Sommers Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! …
Johnny Mathis I could have danced all night, I could have danced…
Julie Andrews Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews Philippa Bevans Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
julie andrews & philipa bevans Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews & Phillipa Bevans Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews & Rex Harrison Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews and Company I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
Julie Andrews And Rex Harrison Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews Betty Woolfe & Ensemble I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
Julie Andrews feat. Philippa Bevans Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Julie Andrews Philippa Bevans And Maids I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
Julie Andrews Philippa Bevans Maids Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Karita Mattila Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Katherine Jenkins Bed Bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too…
Kelli O'Hara Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Kiri Te Kanawa Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Larry Dalton and his Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Larry Dalton His Piano & Orchestra Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Les 5-4-3-2-1 I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Louis Prima Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Manne Shelly Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Marni Nixon Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Marni Nixon & Mona Washbourne Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Marni Nixon Mona Washbourne Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Michael Maguire & Cast Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed. My head's too…
My Fair Lady Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
My Fair Lady (20th Anniversary Broadway Cast) I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
My Fair Lady - 2001 London Cast Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
My Fair Lady Cast Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
My Fair Lady Ensemble I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
Nat King Cole Could have danced all night Could have danced all night And …
Original Broadway Cast Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Peggy Lee Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Philippa Bevans Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Philippa Bevans & Ensemble Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Rosemary Clooney I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Rosemary Clooney & Paul Weston I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
Shelean Newman Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Shelly Manne Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Shirley Bassey Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Sydney Thompson And His Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
Sylvia Syms I could have danced all night, I could have danced…
The Alan Peters Orchestra And Chorus Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
The Four Tops I could have danced all night I could have danced all…
The James Walker Chorus And Orchestra Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
The Percy Faith Orchestra Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
The Romantic Strings & Orchestra Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
The Romantic Strings and Orchestra Bed, bed! I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Various Artists Eliza Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too…
Wayne King Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
Wayne King and His Orchestra Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light…
ジュリー・アンドリュース Betty Woolfe & Maids I Could Have Danced All Night Bed! Bed! I couldn't go…
ベン・E.キング Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed My head's too light…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Yo-Yo Ma:
1 x 0 You focused on the tablets that Apple made I’m focused on…
A New Name... A New Life Breathe in a brand new life A light that will flicker…
All Through the Night The day is my enemy, the night my friend, For I'm…
As The Water Diamonds on my neck and they Water I charge six hundred…
As The Water.. Oh you got that water wet (drip) Thang drippin' like a…
Cristal No puedo prometerte gloria, no puedo, pero lo haré: te prome…
Easy To Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Good Night This beat is crazy This club amazing This is where…
Good-Bye Feels So Good f. Ne-Yo [Ne-Yo] We up in this room (Yea) I'm…
Grace One time for who I’m kickin in to Love me two…
Here Comes The Sun In the midnight moonlight I'll, be walkin' a long and…
I Am You Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, W…
In the Still of the Night In the still of the night As I gaze out of…
Kuai Le 突然把房间 好好整理 答应朋友的局 出门去 喔 还可以 还过得去 不敢再听的那些歌曲 慢慢解开了封印 要适应 没有你 想…
Largo Siento las gotas de lluvia caer Y extrañamente eso me sienta…
Mama "There are a few things I want to explain to…
My Favorite Things I don't like the people that keep my name in…
Nara-Yama 正しい愛など 見えません 涙で歪んで 見えません 幸せの数だけ瞬いているよと むごい嘘 名づけた星もあなたと一緒 この手…
Reflections Ayy real talk like She be killin' me, tryna talk like…
Second Time Around When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies" …
slumber my darling Slumber, my darling, thy mother is near, Guarding thy dreams…
So in Love I hear the shots outside its funny how it smells I'd…
Soledad A veces el risueño esconde en su seno el terror, la…
Sorrow Always felt like my feet were off the ground Now I…
Stars (I miss you) 너를 위해 죽을 수도 있단 생각을 했어 Now…
Sweet Lorraine Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, bu…
The Eternal Почему из всех ты подошла ко мне Они все повторяют как…
The Soldier You think you tossin these hoes dawg, but really you…
Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major BWV 1007: Prélude a hella lot of cello still more cello lotta cello still cell…
Wake Up...And Die I just need to wake up need to wake up I…
Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi 我还不能妥协 我很安静陪着你 有些怀疑 能不能陪我到最终目的 我的安静不怀疑 就别再提 能不能让我回到最初的记忆…
リベルタンゴ 消えない恋のうずき はてしない夢の名残り 指先で刻む あつい宿命(さだめ)のリズム 苦しみの闇の中に 光る愛を求め 帰る…
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