Yo-Yo Ma live in concert.
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Yo-Yo Ma

30
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
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Based on 
30
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
72
%
Based on 
4
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 30 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Yo-Yo Ma is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Yo-Yo Ma concert reviews describe live shows and performances as extraordinary, cinematic, heartfelt, dazzling, hypnotic, and flawless.

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Latest Release

Nature at Play: J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 (Live from the Great Smoky Mountains) (6 September 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Paris, France (10/7/1955)
Bio
Yo-Yo Ma is a world-famous Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world and has made over 50 albums.
Has Performed With
Emanuel Ax, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Critic Concert Reviews

The Boston Globe (USA)

April 10, 2024
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Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott celebrate a long and beautiful friendship

The Boston Globe (USA)

October 13, 2023
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Yo-Yo Ma makes Shostakovich concertos the main event with BSO

Chicago Tribune (USA)

May 2, 2023
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Yo-Yo Ma with the CSO: Sometimes messy, sometimes touching, but it’s Yo-Yo Ma

The Boston Globe (USA)

August 15, 2022
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Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma celebrate friendship, music, and more at Tanglewood, Boston, MA, USA

Nippertown (USA)

August 6, 2022
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Yo-Yo Ma returned to SPAC on Friday night as promised, and with him, he brought a very full crowd of classical music lovers to the park. A heavy wool blanket of heat has swaddled the region recently, and even the gentle rains prior to the performance did little to ease the thickness in the air.

The Washington Post (USA)

November 30, 2018
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Yo-Yo Ma shows yet again why he is so universally beloved

The Boston Globe (USA)

October 21, 2016
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Occasion-wise, one could also note that this year marks the 35th anniversary of his debut with the orchestra.

Past critic reviews published in

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (USA), Mercury News (USA), The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA), The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA), Stuff (New Zealand) and more

Image Credit

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