Yo-Yo Ma
Biography
Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received …
Known For
Memoirs of a Geisha
Musician
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Yo-Yo Ma
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Musician
Seven Years in Tibet
Musician
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
The Vietnam War
Additional Music
Taipei Story
Musician
Music by John Williams
Self - Cellist
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Filmography
Acting (44)
Movies (30)
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025as Self - Narrator (voice)
Half Moon
2025as Self
Music by John Williams
2024as Self - Cellist
Notre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée
2024as Self
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022as Yo-Yo Ma
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
2020
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018as Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018as Self
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018as Self - Cellist
The Words That Built America
2017as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Blue Gold: American Jeans
2017as Self
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2016as Self
Yo Yo Ma: The Bach Project– Six Cello Suites
2015as Self
The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live
2012as Self
How to Grow a Band
2012as Self
Chris Botti in Boston
2009as Self
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
2004as Self
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
2003as Self (cellist)
Appalachian Journey Live In Concert
2000as Self
Appointment With The Wise Old Dog
1998as Self
Falling Down Stairs
1997as Self
Sarabande
1997as Self
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri
1997as Self
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
1997as Self
Struggle for Hope
1997as Self
Six Gestures
1997as Self
The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
1997as Self
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
1995as Self
Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration
1993as Self
Ozawa
1985as Self
Television (14)
Deeper Look from New York
2020as Self
Desus & Mero
2019as Self
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Musical Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014as Self (voice)
The Colbert Report
2005as Self - Guest
The West Wing
1999as Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach
1998as Self
Arthur
1996as Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
Frasier
1993as Tom (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992as Self
The Simpsons
1989as Yo-Yo Ma (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972as Self - Main Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
Crew (12)
Movies (10)
Facing the Wind
2024Executive Producer
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005Musician
Naqoyqatsi
2002Musician
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000Musician
Children of the Night
1999Songs
Seven Years in Tibet
1997Musician
Sarabande
1997Idea
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri
1997Music
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
1997Music
Taipei Story
1985Musician
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