Yo-Yo Ma
Also Known As: یو-یو ما
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.
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Paris, France
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Appointment With The Wise Old Dog
Overview: David Blum, the internationally respected musician and writer, produced this film as he neared death from cancer. Blum believed that his inner discoveries and experience could help others realize their own spiritual strengths in a time of crisis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Appalachian Journey Live In Concert
Overview: April 5th, 2000... On the heels of their unanimously acclaimed albums "Appalachia Waltz" and "Appalachian Journey", "Appalachian Journey Live In Concert" captures three of the world's most extraordinary musicians live in concert, along with very special guests James Taylor and Alison Krauss, from their sold-out performance at New York City's Avery Fischer Hall.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-08
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The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live
Overview: Live performance from a group of celebrated string musicians, comprising cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolist Chris Thile. The group, which came together to record the 2011 collaborative album 'The Goat Rodeo Sessions', is joined on stage by guest vocalist Aoife O'Donovan. The performance took place at the House of Blues in Boston in January 2012 and saw the talented musicians perform an eclectic setlist of material.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-25
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Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
Overview: The Music Garden is an exploration of music as interpreted through gardening on a grand scale. The film follows the efforts of Yo-Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy to create a formal garden, based on J. S. Bach's 'Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello', in the center of Boston. Woven throughout this unusual enterprise is a performance of the suite by Yo-Yo Ma, accompanied by special effects that bring the dream of the garden to life.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri
Overview: THE SOUND OF THE CARCERI explores the deep relationship between music and architecture through a high-tech 'virtual confrontation' between Bach and his contemporary, the architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Using a striking visual style, director Francois Girard ('The Red Violin' and 'Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould') places Yo-Yo Ma within a series of computer-generated, three-dimensional recreations of Piranesi's well-known prison etchings. Through Yo-Yo Ma's and music producer Steven Epstein's struggle to recreate and interact with the imaginary space that Ma performs in, the film examines the complexity of illusion, of representation and reality.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Overview: For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-29
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Falling Down Stairs
Overview: Renowned cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma embarks on an intense year long collaboration with choreographer Mark Morris, which culminates in a spectacular performance.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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Sarabande
Overview: The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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Blue Gold: American Jeans
Overview: Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-31
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Overview: World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-23
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Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
Overview: The music is not Beethoven's most familiar, but it is absolutely charming. The concerto is appealing in its melodic material and the intricate interactions among the soloists and orchestra. The Choral Fantasy features a long piano solo that Beethoven wrote for himself, plus a choral melody that sounds like a preliminary sketch for the last movement of his Ninth Symphony. Both works pose unusual balance challenges, to which Barenboim and the recording engineers rise impressively.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-11
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
Overview: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone DVD
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-20
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Struggle for Hope
Overview: Master Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando sets out on a journey to discover, through traditional Japanese dance, the universality and emotion of Bach's Fifth Suite. The result is this revelatory, cross-cultural and trans-oceanic collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, sensitively documented by filmmaker Niv Fichman.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Overview: Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-10
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Music by John Williams
Overview: His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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Chris Botti in Boston
Overview: Chart-topping jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and special guests performed two star-studded concerts at the historic Boston Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on September 18 and 19, 2008. Special guests include Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Me, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, Sting and Steven Tyler.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-31
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The Words That Built America
Overview: In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foundation for the United States of America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-04
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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Overview: Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrities, cast members and Joanne Rogers reveal their favorite memories from the series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-06
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The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
Overview: Collecting highlights from the debut season of the acclaimed PBS series "Sessions at West 54th," this compilation video captures performances by musical greats such as trumpet maestro Wynton Marsalis and Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Other artists making appearances include Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco, Rickie Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega, Sinéad O'Connor, Keb' Mo', Patti Smith and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-19
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Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Overview: In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedicated its entire 2018 season to the iconic composer, conductor, performer, educator and humanitarian. The festivities culminated on Bernstein’s centennial birthday on August 25, 2018, in a special celebrity-studded gala concert. Directed for the stage by James Darrah, The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood illuminates the breadth of Bernstein’s incredible life and career, which inspired generations of music lovers around the globe – from his talent as a composer to his generosity in mentoring other composers and musicians, his inimitable role as a driving musical force at Tanglewood for over 50 years and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-28
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Ozawa
Overview: This intimate portrait of the legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa focuses on the Japanese master and teacher's career, his advocacy of modern composers and the behind-the-scenes world of the symphony orchestra.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
Overview: Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto' and 'Choral Fantasy'. Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma are joined by Carola Höhn, Katherina Kammerloher, Andrea Bönig and Endrick Wottrich, amongst others.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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Yo Yo Ma: The Bach Project– Six Cello Suites
Overview: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has the Royal Albert Hall stage to himself for this Late Night Prom as he takes on the challenge of J. S. Bach’s Six Cello Suites.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-10
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Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration
Overview: Three big names from the classical music scene -- legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and lauded opera singer Frederica Von Stade -- join the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a once-in-a-lifetime performance of music by Czech composer Anton Dvorak. The musicians, led by renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa, give their all to highlight Dvorak's music in none other than his native Prague.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-16
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Notre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-12-07
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Half Moon
Overview: An elegiac documentary following virtuosic clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, a Damascus-born musician living in exile, as he attempts to find meaning and purpose after the outbreak of war in Syria. A profound exploration of the role art can play in forging identity and community.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-06
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Six Gestures
Overview: Inspired by Bach presents cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach in collaboration with artists from different disciplines, in a set of six films.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-25
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Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Overview: Yo-Yo Ma narrates a documentary about the remarkable cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life and career were cut short by multiple sclerosis.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-25
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