Yo-yo Ma Net Worth
Yo-yo Ma Net Worth is
$20 Million
Yo-yo Ma Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Yo-Yo Ma is a French and American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents, he spent his schooling years in New York City and was a child prodigy, performing from the age of five. He graduated from Juilliard School and Harvard University and has enjoyed a prolific career as... Full Name | Yo-Yo Ma |
Net Worth | $20 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 7, 1955 |
Place Of Birth | Paris, France |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Profession | Cellist |
Education | Harvard University, Juilliard School, Columbia University, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States |
Nationality | France |
Spouse | Jill Hornor (m. 1978) |
Children | Nicholas Ma, Emily Ma |
Parents | Marina Lu, Hiao-Tsiun Ma |
Siblings | Yeou-Cheng Ma |
Nicknames | YoYo Ma , ヨーヨー・マ , Yoyoma , ヨーヨー マ , 馬友友 , YO-YO MA , Yo Yo Ma , 马友友 |
Awards | Kennedy Center Honors, Polar Music Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, National Medal of Arts, Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Avery Fisher Prize, Glenn Gould Prize, Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Dan David Prize, Grammy Award fo... |
Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches - Daytime Children's, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States |
TV Shows | Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach |
Star Sign | Libra |
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1 | [on being considered a trail-blazer in world music] I basically think that if you open yourself up to a lot of things, history kind of makes you step back from what you are doing. You just feel, 'Let's make something happen!'. It's a very slight change in attitude, but it does have ramifications in terms of what comes out. Essentially, you face an audience, you face your colleagues, and you say 'This is all we have, let's do something with it. There are many different reasons why people are in this room. Let's do something worthwhile and make it count. There are so many people in the world, so many different forms of expression. So who are we? What we do? Let's make this as precious as we can'. Maybe getting older has something to do with this attitude. Being aware of a much larger world, you're aware of the scale and the total inconsequence of your own being. But what you can say is: any single voice does matter. Any individual action is in fact a human voice that is there to witness the world. That, in itself, is worthwhile. You have to keep both things in your head at once - the biggest possible picture and the most minute one - the 'right now'. Then you have access to both objective and subjective narratives, you have perspective, so you don't get lost. |
2 | Whenever I've had a dull moment in performing, it becomes absolutely, exquisitely painful. When it's good you know, no matter how difficult the music is, time just flies by. When it's not, time becomes excruciatingly slow - you're Sisyphus pushing that boulder up the hill that never ends. People might still say,'That was a good performance', but you feel absolutely horrible because you weren't connecting with what the music is about. When I do connect, then I have the easiest job in the world. |
3 | I'd like to think that the the four strings on the cello are attached to my vocal chords. So whatever you think should be reflected in the sound, in the musculature of how you pull the bow and how it comes out, there should be no impediment between the thought and the sound. That's something that people strive for, but never want to hear 'So-and-so's a great instrumentalist'. What you want to hear is, 'Oh, that makes me think'. |
4 | Grow old gracefully by maintaining your curiosity. |
5 | I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment. |
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1 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. [February 2011] |
2 | Recipient of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, along with Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins, and Meryl Streep. |
3 | Began playing cello at the age of four. |
4 | He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2001 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C. |
5 | Attended Harvard University from 1972-1976 |
6 | enrolled at Juilliard at age 9 |
7 | Son, NIcholas, born 1983. |
8 | Daughter, Emily, born 1985. |
9 | Named People Magazine's Sexiest Classical Musician 2001. |
10 | Cellist. |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mozart in the Jungle | 2016 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
Captain Fantastic | 2016 | performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010, Prélude" | |
The Simpsons | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Ex Machina | 2015 | performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite #1 in G Major BWV 1007 - Préludé" | |
Bill W. | 2012 | Documentary performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Courante", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Prelude, "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Sarabande", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008- Prelude", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009- Bourree I/II", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010- Bourree I/II", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010- Courante", | |
American Horror Story | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Independent Lens | 2003-2011 | TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes | |
You Don't Know Jack | 2010 | TV Movie performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D-Minor, BWV 1008: Courante", "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G-Major, BWV 1007: Prélude" | |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 2 episodes | |
President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | TV Movie performer: "Air and Simple Gifts" | |
Tühirand | 2006 | Short performer: "Libertango" - uncredited | |
Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | performer: "Prelude From the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007" | |
The Company | 2003 | performer: "Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major, V. Menuett" | |
Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | Video performer: "Triple Concerto" | |
Alias | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Kindergarten | 2001 | TV Mini-Series performer: "HUSH" | |
Sex and the City | 2001 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Hush! | 2001 | performer: "Hush Little Baby" | |
De zee die denkt | 2000 | "The Protecting Veil" | |
The West Wing | 2000 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | performer: "A Love Before Time", "Moonlight Lover" Mandarin Version | |
You Can Count on Me | 2000 | performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007/Prélude Instrumental" - uncredited | |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | performer: "PIANO QUARTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR; Opus 16, Second Movement" | |
The Horse Whisperer | 1998 | performer: "Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5. No. 1" | |
Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | Documentary performer: "Sonata No. 4 in C Major for Cello and Piano Op. 102, No. 1" | |
Liberty! The American Revolution | 1997 | TV Mini-Series performer: "When Bidden to the Wake or Fair", "Song of the Liberty Bell for Violin and Strings" | |
Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011" | |
Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012" | |
Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009" | |
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010" | |
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007" | |
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | performer: "Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008" | |
The Tango Lesson | 1997 | "I Am You" / performer: "Libertango Reprise" | |
Mission: Impossible | 1996 | performer: "Divertimento in E-Flat Major for String Trio K.563" | |
Before Sunrise | 1995 | performer: "'Andante' from 'Sonata No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027'" | |
Immortal Beloved | 1994 | performer: "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost'" | |
Another Woman | 1988 | performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite in D Major" |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Music of Strangers | 2015 | Documentary musician: cello | |
Live from Lincoln Center | 2013 | TV Series musician - 1 episode | |
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | 2010 | Documentary musician: cello | |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary musician - 1 episode | |
Memoirs of a Geisha | 2005 | musician: cello solos | |
Suburban Symphony | 2004 | Video short musician: cello | |
Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series musician - 1 episode | |
Nova | 2003 | TV Series documentary musician - 1 episode | |
Naqoyqatsi | 2002 | Documentary musician: cello solos | |
Hush! | 2001 | musician: cello, "Hush Little Baby" | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | musician: cello solos | |
Seven Years in Tibet | 1997 | musician: cello solos |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Simpsons | 2015 | TV Series | Yo-Yo Ma |
The West Wing | 2000 | TV Series | Yo-Yo Ma |
Frasier | 1999 | TV Series | Tom |
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Black Lights White Shadows | 1986 |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Knowledge Is the Beginning | 2005 | TV Movie special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Live with Kelly and Michael | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
Weekend Today | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
The Music of Strangers | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
BBC Proms | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Yo-Yo Ma with the LA Phil | 2014 | Video | Himself |
Blue Gold: American Jeans | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
Charlie Rose | 1995-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
Great Performances | 2003-2012 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Soloist / Himself (solo cellist) |
Gustavo Dudamel & Yo-Yo Ma | 2012 | Video | Himself |
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter | 2012 | Short | Himself |
The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself - Honoree |
Huckabee | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
Tavis Smiley | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
The Colbert Report | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2006-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself |
9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, Tenth Anniverary | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Cellist |
Yo-Yo Ma & Plácido Domingo | 2011 | Video | Himself |
Extraordinary Minds: Yo-Yo Ma | 2011 | Video | Himself |
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Music Instinct | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Chris Botti in Boston | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
The Music of 'Memoirs' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Nobel Peace Prize Concert | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Great Conversations in Music | 2005 | TV Series | Cellist |
The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
Die Harald Schmidt Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | Video | Himself (cellist) |
Arthur | 1999-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Multiple Identities: Encounters with Daniel Barenboim | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | |
Good Morning America | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
A Centennial Toast to Symphony Hall | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
Classic Yo-Yo Ma | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
American Masters | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
60 Minutes | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Cellist (segment "Ben Zander") |
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | 1985-1998 | TV Series | Himself |
Mark Morris Dance Group: A Dance Center in Brooklyn | 1998 | Short | Himself |
Warrior Songs: King Gesar | 1997 | TV Special documentary | Cello |
Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | Himself | |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1997 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
Sesame Street | 1988-1993 | TV Series | Himself |
An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
Isaac Stern: A Life - A Biography in Music | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1992 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest |
Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams | 1991 | Video documentary | Himself |
Carnegie Hall: Live at 100 | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad | 1990 | TV Special documentary | Performer |
Live from Lincoln Center | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
Presidential Inaugural Gala | 1989 | TV Movie | Himself |
Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
Liberty Weekend | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Ozawa | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Jeopardy! | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
60 Minutes | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Cellist (segment "Ben Zander") |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1998 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (1997) |
1991 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical Music/Dance Programming | Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990) |
1991 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Performance in a Music Special or Series | Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood (1990) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2001 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Music | Wo hu cang long (2000) |
1999 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Long Form Music Video | Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures (1997) |