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Who Is Yo-Yo Ma?

Yo-Yo Ma is a cellist and songwriter of Chinese descent. The child prodigy attended the Juilliard School and continued to excel throughout his adult life, producing more than 75 albums and winning 18 Grammy Awards.

The acclaimed musician also served as artistic director of the Silk Road Project, an organization dedicated to promoting the various traditions along the ancient Silk Road trade route.

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In 2001, Ma was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2010, he was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Younger Years

Born on October 7, 1955, in Paris, France, Yo-Yo Ma is a classically trained cellist and songwriter of Chinese descent who was brought up playing pieces created by the great masters.

Ma's mother was a singer and his father was a composer and teacher of music.

In the beginning, it was his father who would train both Ma and his older sister, Yeou-Cheng, i