Hill Auditorium
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
Early access for renewing subscribers
starts Tue Apr 28
“Aside from being the most famous cellist alive, [Yo-Yo Ma] is a musician of immense conscience, a wholeheartedly earnest presence who tends to bring out the best in whatever company he is in.” (The New York Times)
Beloved by UMS audiences, the legendary cellist returns to UMS with pianist Emanuel Ax for an evening shaped by decades of shared musical curiosity.
Each has built an expansive career as a soloist, collaborator, and advocate for the expressive power of classical music. Their many performances together epitomize their personal and professional connection, with running commentary reflecting a shared history that dates back to their days at Juilliard.
With a combined 27 performances at UMS over nearly five decades (Ax made his debut in 1978, and Ma in 1982), this dream team of classical music returns to Hill Auditorium with a program to be announced.
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Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
Hill Auditorium
Season tickets on sale Tue May 5
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starts Tue Apr 28
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Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works for cello, bringing communities together to explore culture’s role in society, or engaging unexpected musical forms, Ma strives to foster connections that stimulate the imagination and reinforce our humanity.
Ma holds a lifelong commitment to stretching the boundaries of genre and tradition to understand how music helps us to imagine and build a stronger society. It was this belief that inspired the formation of Silkroad, the global music collective. Through his work with Silkroad, as well as throughout his career, Ma has sought to expand the cello repertoire, premiering compositions by Osvaldo Golijov, Leon Kirchner, Zhao Lin, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Giovanni Sollima, and John Williams, among many others.
In addition to his work as a performing artist, Ma has partnered with communities and institutions around the world to develop programs that advocate for a future guided by humanity, trust, and understanding. Among his many roles, Ma is a United Nations Messenger of Peace, the first artist ever appointed to the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees, and a member of the board of Nia Tero, the US-based nonprofit working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and movements worldwide.
Ma’s discography of more than 120 albums (including 19 Grammy Award winners) ranges from iconic renditions of the Western classical canon to recordings that defy categorization, such as “Hush” with Bobby McFerrin and the “Goat Rodeo Sessions” with Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile. Ma’s recent releases include “Six Evolutions,” his third recording of Bach’s cello suites, and “Songs of Comfort and Hope,” created and recorded with pianist Kathryn Stott in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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