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2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– President Barack Obama/Yo-Yo Ma & Friends (2011) (performer: "Here and Heaven")
 
2010 You Don't Know Jack (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")
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
– The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009) (performer: "Etienne et Petunia")
– Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009) (performer: "Silk Road Music")
 
2009 President Obama: The Inauguration (TV movie) (performer: "Air and Simple Gifts")
 
2006 Empty (short) (performer: "Libertango" - uncredited)
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series)
– Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2004 (2004) (performer: "Don Quixote")
 
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (performer: "Prelude From the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007")
 
2003 The Company (performer: "Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major, V. Menuett")
 
2003 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Razing Appalachia (2003) (performer: "Old Country Fairy Tale", "Butterfly's Day Out", "Appalachia Waltz")
 
2003 Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy (video) (performer: "Triple Concerto")
 
2002 Alias (TV series)
– The Counteragent (2002) (performer: "Slumber My Darling" - uncredited)
 
2001 Kindergarten (TV mini-series)
 
2001 Sex and the City (TV series)
– Just Say Yes (2001) (performer: "Second Time Around")
 
2001 Hush! (performer: "Hush Little Baby")
 
2000 The Sea That Thinks ("The Protecting Veil")
 
2000 The West Wing (TV series)
– Noël (2000) (performer: "Bach Suite No. 1 for Cello")
 
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (performer: "A Love Before Time")
 
2000 You Can Count on Me (performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007/Prélude Instrumental")
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (performer: "PIANO QUARTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR; Opus 16, Second Movement")
 
1998 The Horse Whisperer (performer: "Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5. No. 1")
 
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary) (performer: "Sonata No. 4 in C Major for Cello and Piano Op. 102, No. 1")
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures (performer: "Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012")
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope (performer: "Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011")
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (performer: "Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010")
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs (performer: "Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009")
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri (performer: "Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008")
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden (performer: "Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007")
 
1996 Mission: Impossible (performer: "Divertimento in E-Flat Major for String Trio K.563")
 
1995 Before Sunrise (performer: "'Andante' from 'Sonata No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027'")
 
1994 Immortal Beloved (performer: "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost'")
 
1988 Another Woman (performer: "Unaccompanied Cello Suite in D Major")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (9 titles)
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary) (musician - 1 episode)
– The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890 (2009) (musician)
 
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha (musician: cello solos)
 
2004 Suburban Symphony (video short) (musician: cello)
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series) (musician: cello - 1 episode)
– Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2004 (2004) (musician: cello)
 
2003 Nova (TV series documentary) (musician - 1 episode)
– Lost Treasures of Tibet (2003) (musician)
 
2002 Naqoyqatsi (documentary) (musician: cello solos)
 
2001 Hush! (musician: cello, "Hush Little Baby")
 
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (musician: cello solos)
 
1997 Seven Years in Tibet (musician: cello solos)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1999 Frasier (TV series)
Tom
– Dr. Nora (1999) … Tom (voice)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 Knowledge Is the Beginning (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (54 titles)
2012 The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Blue Gold: American Jeans (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Huckabee (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2008-2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 December 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008-2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Yo-Yo Ma (2008) … Himself
 
2006-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– President Barack Obama/Yo-Yo Ma & Friends (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #14.24 (2006) … Himself
 
2011 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, Tenth Anniverary (TV documentary)
Himself - Cellist
 
2003-2011 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself / Himself (solo cellist)
– Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert (2011) … Himself
– Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein (2008)
– Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2004 (2004) … Himself (solo cellist)
– 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song (2003) … Himself
 
2011 Extraordinary Minds: Yo-Yo Ma (video)
Himself
 
2010 Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Know Thyself (2010) … Himself
– Making America (2010) … Himself
– Becoming American (2010) … Himself
– Our American Stories (2010) … Himself
 
2009 The Music Instinct (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 President Obama: The Inauguration (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Chris Botti in Boston (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995-2008 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 November 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 3 April 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 31 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
2007 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 The Music of 'Memoirs' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Nobel Peace Prize Concert (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Great Conversations in Music (TV series)
Cellist
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2003 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2003 Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy (video)
Himself (cellist)
 
1999-2002 Arthur (TV series)
Himself
– Elwood City Turns 100! (2002) … Himself (voice)
– My Music Rules/That's a Baby Show! (1999) … Himself (voice)
 
2002 Multiple Identities: Encounters with Daniel Barenboim (TV documentary)
 
2002 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Yo Yo Man and the Silk Road Ensemble (2002) … Himself
 
2002 XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2002 A Centennial Toast to Symphony Hall (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 Classic Yo-Yo Ma (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The West Wing (TV series)
Himself
– Noël (2000) … Himself
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso (2000) … Himself
 
1985-1998 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV series)
Himself
– Little and Big (1998) … Himself
– Little and Big (1998) … Himself
– Fathers and Music (1990) … Himself
– Music (1985) … Himself
 
1998 Mark Morris Dance Group: A Dance Center in Brooklyn (short)
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri
Himself
 
1997 Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden
Himself
 
1997 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 15 January 1997 (1997) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1997 Warrior Songs: King Gesar (TV special documentary)
Cello
 
1997 Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (TV series)
Himself
 
1988-1993 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #24.59 (1993) … Himself
– Episode #21.7 (1989) … Himself
– Episode #20.90 (1989) … Himself
– Episode #20.20 (1988) … Himself
 
1993 An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Isaac Stern: A Life - A Biography in Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Himself
– Yo-Yo Ma in Concert (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (TV special documentary)
Performer
 
1990 Carnegie Hall: Live at 100 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Presidential Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Ozawa (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010 Jeopardy! (TV series)
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 

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President Obama: The Inauguration -- Former presidents and Obama arrive; Sen Feinstein delivers welcoming remarks; Pastor Warren delivers Inaugural Invocation; Aretha Franklin sings; Biden takes Oath of Office; Performances by Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, Anthony McGill & Itzhak Perlman President Obama: The Inauguration -- Yo-Yo Ma and others perform Air and Simple Gifts by John Williams.
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Alternate Names:

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

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. See more »

Trivia:

Named People Magazine's Sexiest Classical Musician 2001. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra