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How many cellos does Yo-Yo Ma have?
1733
Yo-Yo and his wife have two children. He plays three instruments, a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.
How old is Yo-Yo Ma cello?
66 years (October 7, 1955)
Yo-Yo Ma/Age
What kind of bow does Yo-Yo Ma use?
Tourte bow
Yo-Yo Ma’s principal instrument is a Montagnana cello built in 1733. At the frigid 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, Ma performed outdoors on a modern Luis and Clark carbon-fiber cello. He uses a circa 1820 Tourte bow.
How much does Yo-Yo Ma make per concert?
If The Ear heard correctly, Yo-Yo Ma’s fee for that one-night performance was either $90,000 or $95,000 -– or about $42,500 or $45,000 an hour.
Who is the best cellist in the world?
These are the 16 greatest cellists of all time
- Luigi Boccherini.
- Adrien-François Servais.
- Pablo Casals.
- Pierre Fournier.
- Natalia Gutman.
- Steven Isserlis.
- Julian Lloyd Webber.
- Yo-Yo Ma.
Is Yo-Yo Ma’s cello a Stradivarius?
An article on Oct. 17 about the cello that Yo-Yo Ma forgot in a taxi referred to it incorrectly. It was a 1733 Montagnana, not a Stradivarius.
Is Yo-Yo Ma rich?
Yo-Yo Ma Net Worth: Yo-Yo Ma is a Chinese-American cellist who has a net worth of $30 million. He became well known as a child prodigy and went on to produce over eighty albums and win eighteen Grammy Awards….Yo-Yo Ma Net Worth.
| Net Worth: | $30 Million |
|---|---|
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Profession: | Cellist |
| Nationality: | France |
Who is Yo-Yo Ma married to?
Jill Hornorm. 1978
Yo-Yo Ma/Spouse
Since 1978, Ma has been married to Jill Hornor, an arts consultant. They have two children, Nicholas and Emily.
What is the most expensive cello in the world?
In 2008 the Duport Stradivarius cello was bought by the Nippon Music Foundation for 20 million dollars. Only 63 cellos made by Stradivari currently exist. They are rare enough to be sometimes, as in this case, more valuable even than his violins.
What is Yoyo Ma worth?
US$2.5 million
Ma’s primary performance instrument is a 1733 Montagnana cello valued at US$2.5 million. He has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006….
| Yo-Yo Ma | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1955 Paris, France |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician teacher humanitarian |
| Instruments | Cello |
How did Yo Yo Ma get his cello back?
It was the day the music almost disappeared. Musician Yo-Yo Ma forgot his $2.5-million, 266-year-old cello in the trunk of a taxi on Saturday, but police tracked it down at a garage in Queens in time for his evening concert. “I did something really stupid,” Ma said sheepishly after he got the instrument back.
What kind of strings does Yo Yo Ma play?
Although his cello was made in an appropriate era, is apparently outfitted with wound and plain gut strings and, we are informed, is being played without the endpin, it clearly has a completely modern-style neck, fingerboard and bridge.
How old was Yo Yo Ma when he started playing violin?
His sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma—a violinist, pianist, medical doctor, and children’s orchestra administrator—remembers that their father started Yo-Yo on the violin at age two and a half, then piano, but he didn’t like them. “He didn’t want to do something that I already did because he could see that I already knew how to play,” Yeou-Cheng Ma says.
Where did Yo Yo Ma go to college?
At age seven, Yo-Yo and Yeou-Cheng performed Breval’s Concertino No. 3 at a fundraiser for the Kennedy Center. The audience included President John F. Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower. Ma went on the study with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School, but dropped out and entered Harvard at age 16, majoring in the history of science.