Yo-Yo Ma
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This version of Bach’s first cello suite was recorded live in the Great Smoky Mountains. I’ve always thought of Suite No. 1 as “Nature at Play,” so it was a dream to play it with the birds, the trees, and the rushing brook. ▶️
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In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort. The first of my
#SongsOfComfort
: Dvořák – "Going Home”
Stay safe.
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This is for Maui, from a far away friend. I am so terribly sorry.
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Some musical gratitude for all the healthcare workers who do the impossible every day.
Simple Gifts,
#songsofcomfort
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I'll never forget the way Ennio Morricone described music as “energy, space, and time.” It is, perhaps, the most concise and accurate description I’ve ever heard. We'll truly miss him. This is the Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso."
#EnnioMorricone
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This is for the healthcare workers on the frontlines — the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3. Your ability to balance human connection and scientific truth in service of us all gives me hope.
#songsofcomfort
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This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways.
Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
#songsofcomfort
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To our friends in Turkey and Syria — our love, thoughts, and prayers are with you all. This is for those who are suffering and for the helpers that are working tirelessly to save lives and bring hope.
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Partita by Adnan Saygun
#songsofcomfort
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Teachers! This one is for you, for always finding the strength to give young people hope, even in the most difficult circumstances. Thank you.
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Prélude, Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach,
#songsofcomfort
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For Italy.
Per l'Italia.
Morricone, from "The Legend of 1900" ("La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano")
#SongsOfComfort
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To all the mothers and caregivers: thank you for the love you give every day.
Love Theme (from "Cinema Paradiso”), Ennio Morricone.
#songsofcomfort
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Years ago, I visited my friend
#MisterRogers
to play this song. This is for the kids and their grown-ups who are at home together. Sing along with me!
#songsofcomfort
Tree Tree Tree
Tree Tree Tree...
We love you
Yes we do
Yes we do
We love you
Original:
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Tomorrow, I start a journey across the Great Smoky Mountains, ending with a celebration of
#OurCommonNature
in Knoxville. Here’s "Appalachia Waltz" with Edgar Meyer, performed in the Smokies last year.
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@bigearsfestival
@OurCommonNature
@GreatSmokyNPS
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For my friends in Libya and Morocco.
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Excerpt of the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 5
#songsofcomfort
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There are so many stories made invisible: too-often-violent histories hidden beneath the surfaces of our cities, our institutions, our music. It’s our job to make them visible. I’m honored to mark
#Juneteenth
with a new song by
@RhiannonGiddens
.
#blacklivesmatter
#songsofchange
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Greetings to my Human Family! Wishing you all DIGNITY and RESPECT toward one another in the coming year____THE PATH: 👂 Listening... Happy 2024!
—Yo-Yo Ma
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Last year in Lima I met artists of the Shipibo tribe, who use art to share their knowledge of the Amazon. They settled in the dense neighborhood of Cantagallo, which faces high rates of COVID. This is for them & the millions who don’t have the luxury of distance.
#songsofcomfort
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Bach's Prélude from Suite No. 2, amidst the melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska, where I was brought by Princess Daazhraii Johnson (
@ArcticDaazhraii
).
Full video at ▶️
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Simple gifts that your country has given to you, you can give back by voting. To all those who have already voted and all of the election workers — thank you!
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In honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, my friend Sara Wolfensohn and I contributed a performance of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise to "The Eternal Aria," a virtual musical shiva on YouTube >>
May her memory be for blessing.
#songsofcomfort
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I’m grateful for music’s comfort, but also for its connections. Two years ago, I heard
@angeliquekidjo
sing “Blewu” — a dirge for the dead and an anthem of thanks. It’s never left me.
“Blewu,” based on a traditional Ewe song, composed by Bella Bellow
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We usually start the year quietly. But this year we need everybody’s energy. I hope that this musical flow charges you to move, act and feel common purpose. Happy new year to you all.
Prelude to Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, J.S. Bach
#songsofhope
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One more hour! Tune in at 3pm for my live performance of the complete Bach cello suites — a memorial to those we've lost and a tribute to the resilience of our communities.
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I’m honored to join
@Raffi_RC
to celebrate 40 years of “Baby Beluga,” and to call on each of us to work together for a sustainable future where life under the sea can swim wild & free.
#songsofcomfort
#songsofchange
@GlobalGoalsUN
#SDG14
#belugagrads
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It was a privilege to be with the team rebuilding
@notredameparis
, cultural workers using their hands, their heads, and their hearts to forge the knowledge of the past into a better future, for the citizens of Paris and for the world.
@rebatirNDP
🎥 Taylor McKay and
@austinmann
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This is Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in Kharkiv.
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Just before the summer solstice, I spent three days in Maine's Acadia National Park. (1/7)
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Today, as we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of service, listen again to this song by
@RhiannonGiddens
. Today is always a good day to learn. Full song:
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For Iran, with my dear friend
@KayhanKalhor
. “Morgh e Sahar” (Bird of the Dawn) by Ostad Morteza Naydavoud
#songsofcomfort
#songsofchange
برای ایران بهمراه دوست عزیزم کیهان کلهر. مرغ سحر ساخته استاد مرتضی نی داوود
#مرتضی_نی_داوود
#ایران
#یو_یو_ما
#مرغ_سحر
#کیهان_کلهر
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I was in Hawaiʻi last month with culture-keepers, artists, sailors, and scientists, communities who believe in that most fundamental and beautiful vision: “He waʻa, he honua” — that the earth is our canoe. (1/9)
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Last month, I was in West Virginia, where I had the privilege of sharing music, meals, and nature with young people, artists, scientists, miners, and others. (1/8)
All 📷 by Austin Mann
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For this last day of a long winter.
"Here Comes the Sun" by
@GeorgeHarrison
, performed with
@JamesTaylor_com
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Music for the Great Smoky Mountains with
@EdgarMeyerJr
and
@BryanD28Sutton
from 2022. Looking forward to bringing more to
#Knoxville
on Friday. >>
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@OurCommonNature
@BigEarsFestival
@GreatSmokyNPS
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“Rain Falling from the Roof,” composed by and performed with my dear friend Wu Tong 吳彤. Here’s his story of the music.
#songsofcomfort
#songsofchange
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#SDG12
@silkroadproject
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One year after he left us, still thinking about
#EnnioMorricone
and his unique description of music as “energy, space, and time.”
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My friend
@SandyBoynton
and I made a little something!
#SongsofComfort
“Mooing Home” — Music by Dvořák
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MERCI, to my friend and collaborator
@kathystott
, and for all the relationships that keep music alive. Out in October, Merci is our album of gratitude, featuring Fauré and his circle. First track, “Sicilienne,” is out now.
Listen ▶️
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#BachProject
in “Los Dos Laredos” — in U.S. and Mexico — yesterday.
"I've lived my life at the borders. Between cultures. Between disciplines. Between musics. Between generations."
@NPR
#CultureConnectsUs
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Rehearsing with my dear friend
@angeliquekidjo
for our upcoming performances in Monaco (Dec 1), Paris (Dec 3), Luxembourg (Dec 5) and Brussels (Dec 6). Details at
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In Mexico City last week, I dedicated the fifth suite to all the courageous and resilient Mexicans, the families of the disappeared, and those who have suffered from violence. 🇲🇽
@liladowns
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If you
#PledgetoPause
before you share online, you can help stop the spread of misinformation and bring an end to this pandemic. Here's something to listen to while you wait! 🐝
@UN
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Forty-nine years ago, Pablo Casals played this piece at the United Nations. On Friday, October 23, we’re going to celebrate the
@UN
’s 75th anniversary with a live concert event on
@idagio_official
's Global Concert Hall ▶️
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What is our place in the universe? Where do we sit between the past and future, between human and nature? How can wonder and awe give us hope and clarity?
📷
@austinmann
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V. Epilogue from "The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea." Composed by and performed with my dear friend
@KinanAzmeh
كنان العظمة.
#songsofcomfort
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With
@JgWild_Nvwoti
in
@GreatSmokyNPS
last year. Looking forward to returning to the Smokies next week to join Jarrett, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the
@BigEarsFestival
, and other amazing partners for
#OurCommonNature
: An Appalachian Celebration.
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Prayer by Ernest Bloch (“From Jewish Life” No. 1)
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Excerpt of video originally released as part of
#songsofcomfort
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Two budding cellists, 9 and 6, serenade an elderly neighbor — and a locked-down world
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Arrived in the Great Smoky Mountains.
📷 Austin Mann
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@GreatSmokyNPS
@OurCommonNature
@BigEarsFestival
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✅ VOTE!
Find out where your polling place is, who’s on your ballot and more ▶️
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Deserted Italian street rings out with song as people lean from windows to sing together during lockdown
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A giant.
Ellis Marsalis, 1934 - 2020
He went out the way he lived: embracing reality
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Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy") with
@kathystott
. New video out now ▶️
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@SonyClassical
@SonyMasterworks
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You can support musicians who have been impacted by the pandemic simply by listening to my new track with
@kathystott
!
100% of our earnings from “You’ll Never Walk Alone” will be donated to
@musiciansfdn
and
@HelpMusiciansUK
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One year ago, I had the privilege of bringing the
#BachProject
to
#Beirut
. Today, my heart is with all of the friends, partners, and people I met there.
📷
@austinmann
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Out today, more Beethoven for Three from Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and me: recordings of Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, “Archduke” AND a new video of Symphony No. 5’s iconic first movement — Watch the full video at
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@SonyMasterworks
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Our planet is astounding. I’ve visited some incredibly beautiful places this year, and learned so much from the people who care for them. (1/4)
📷 Austin Mann
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"Over the Rainbow" with
@kathystott
. Our new album, "Songs of Comfort and Hope," arrives December 11.
#songsofcomfort
#songsofhope
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This Sunday at 1pm EST / 7pm CET, tune in to the world premiere of “See Me: A Global Concert,” led by
@marinalsop
— part of to the Opening Ceremony of the
@WEF
#DavosAgenda
. ▶️
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Thank you for the kind comments on my
#songsofcomfort
playlist. This weekend, I invite you to make your own
#playlist
to bring comfort to your family & friends. Reply with a link to share with all of us! 🎶
Spotify:
YouTube:
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When I first played
#JohnWilliams
’s Theme from Schindler’s List, it brought me into an emotional space that I couldn’t escape. I’m proud to share this new recording of it with
@nyphil
.
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Classical music — all of culture — is about connection, about forging bonds across time and with the world around us.
@AppleClassical
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What an honor to share the stage with
@T_Mothotoane
,
@eddiendopu
&
@carloSanvee
, talking about how trust can help us build a better world & achieve the
@UN
’s Sustainable Development Goals.🌎
#DF19
#SDG
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My family and I mourn the passing of Joanne Rogers — a devoted friend, an effervescent musical spirit, and a true partner in every way to Fred.
May her journey rejoining Fred be accompanied by lots of laughter, music, and joy.
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Streaming on
@DGclassics
#DGStage
tomorrow through January 28, Beethoven's Triple Concerto with
@DBarenboim
and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
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It was an honor to join Abel Selaocoe (
@Abel_Cellist
) to record “Ibuyile I'Africa,” featured on his debut album, Where Is Home ▶️
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@WarnerClassics
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