Biography for
Yo-Yo Ma More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

7 October 1955, Paris, France

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Jill Hornor

(1978 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Cellist.

Named People Magazine's Sexiest Classical Musician 2001.

Daughter, Emily, born 1985.

Son, NIcholas, born 1983.

enrolled at Juilliard at age 9

Attended Harvard University from 1972-1976

He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2001 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.

Began playing cello at the age of four.

Recipient of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, along with Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins, and Meryl Streep.

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. [February 2011]

Personal Quotes

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.