Yo-Yo Ma came to WHYY to be interviewed, and of course, he brought his cello. It has a name: Petunia. Petunia, made in 1733 by the Venetian luthier Domenico Montagnana, played the first song Ma ever ...

This August, the Tanglewood Music Festival will deepen its engagement with the humanities through two complementary initiatives: Past, Present, and Future: What Is Music For?, a new series curated by ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will receive the key to the city of Providence, Rhode Island on May 31. The award will be presented by Mayor Brett Smiley during the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's gala. Ma has ...

During this holiday break, we're sharing an episode from the podcast series Our Common Nature, produced by our friends at WYNC. When the world stopped in 2020, cellist Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about ...

When Yo-Yo Ma looks around his home state, he sees history everywhere. The celebrated cellist has called Massachusetts home — he owns homes in Cambridge and Tyringham — for the past 53 years, but Ma ...

For the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma, it took those early days of the pandemic, when a lot of folks were trapped in their homes or apartments, to really start thinking about reconnecting with the outdoors.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Yo-Yo Ma performs on SiriusXM's Symphony Hall hosted by David Srebnik at SiriusXM Washington D.C. Studios on June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry French/Getty ...