I just want to thank you Yo Yo Ma. I hope I will meet you.

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What a beautiful tribute to Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors! It was obvious Mr. Ma was overwhelmed by the performers and music, as was the entire audience! What more could one want with John Williams conducting, James Taylor singing, the wonderful musicians performing and a children's choir singing The Beatles' classic Here Comes The Sun! I didn't realize how much Mr. Ma has stepped out of the classical circle with his music. When I heard the Silk Road Ensemble perform, it made me think of Robert Plant singing the beautiful Life Begin Again. I wondered if Yo-Yo would consider recording with Jimmy Page and Robert. It is not such a far out idea. Jimmy's solos can be beautiful and tender, as is also the case with Robert's duets with Alison Kraus. I think it could be a wonderful meeting of minds and talent!

Hello Mr. Ma. I host a lecture series at Worcester Academy in Worcester Massachusetts. I was wondering if you ever do speaking engagements for high school audiences (?). Your message re: the need for cultural understanding would resonate with our educational philosophy and the themes we usually highlight as part of our speaker series every year. Below is a link to an article I published that mentions your work. I include it to show seriousness and real alignment with your lives work and mission.

Sincerely,
John R. Murnane

http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/8.1/murnane.html

http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/24960-towards-an-inclusive-narrative

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Yo-Yo-Ma ,
You Touch my Heart with your inspiring Music I'm an 11 year old cellist i've been playing cello for 3 years and i've admired you for ever but My dream is to be a cellist in The CSO when i'm old enough. I wanted to play the cello when I was three. my teacher played in the CSO I play cello, piano ,harp, and can play the violin but i played Violin for 2 years when was four I saw your concert It was amazing It was amazing how you kept playing while helping the violinist fix his music because it was blowing away!!!!! Your truly amazing. and I don't know How I could ever live without music I love writing about you in my writing class I hope someday i'll play in the CSO and be so committed like you are!!!!!!,

Jean

Dear Mr. Yo-Yo Ma,

I am a 14 year old cellist. I have been playing for about 3 and a half years, but before that, I played the violin. I am currently working to conquer Bach's Six Suites for cello, and am just trying to play it piece by piece. I would love some tips, if you could give some.
One day, I would love to play with you. You are the best cellist in the world, and I would love to play with that cellist. I try to practice at least an hour a day, if not more. I truly love your work.

Respond if possible. You can reach me at
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Thanks, Jonathan Frederick

Hello Dr. Yo-Yo Ma, I am a cello student working towards an undergraduate degree in music education. I would like to ask you for some advice, it is about getting something out of my head while playing cello. I am a senior at UCM in Missouri and have always been thinking about the technicality of the cello, which I have been playing since I was 8 and taking private lessons since I was 13. Whenever I encounter a difficult passage, shift, etc., I always seem to be second guessing myself, and when I don't second guess my self I end up playing much more musically.

I just can't seem to get over the fact that whenever I put my fingers down on the fingerboard, use my bow with the right amount of weight, that they all are educated guesses we use to play any non fretted string instrument. It always ends up making me over-think which occasionally leads to poor intonation and overall musicality. If there is any advice that you could offer, I would not forget it. It has been stuck in my head for a few years now.

I think the problem may be that I am over-thinking, and as my cello teacher simply says when talking about those shifts where you really end up guessing and adjusting, "You just have to do it."

Thank you for your time, I hope this reaches you.

Kasey Wasson, kdw61680@ucmo.edu

Hi,
I would like to get in contact with Yo-Yo Ma in order to provide him pictures of his father Ma Hiao Tsuin (not sure of the spelling in latin characters).
The reason I have these pictures is that my father and Yo-Yo Ma's father met in Paris during the WWII period.
Best regards,
C Gronier.

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get the score to Simple Gifts played by Yo-yo Ma and Alison Krauss? Thanks!

Dear Yo-yo ma,
I was wondering how many instruments you play? My uncle is a music teacher. I am on my 2nd year of cello and I LOVE it.

-cellokid-

Good evening Yo-Yo Ma,

This is Emilian Badea, I hold a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Performance. I teach accordion at U Mass Boston, and I am the assistant conductor of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra. I would like to have the opportunity to share with you my experience as an accordion teacher.

Happy belated Birthday, please stay in good health,

With all best wishes,

Emilian

Howdy Yo-Yo Ma!
I am Emma Baker, 16 yoa, I read that you are learning to play the accordion! That is very exciting b/c it is an instrument that is not so popular today.

If you would like any advice or help, please email me and I will do my best to help if you need it. It is a fun intrument!

My email address is emmab396@gmail.com if you would like to contact me. I can give you some pointers if you need them! LOL!

Your friend,

Emma

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My great uncle wrote a song for his daughter about 45 years ago that died of CP. The song sits in my piano bench and it's beautiful. It should be played. You can have it. SH

I can only hope that you'd consider taking the Goat Rodeo Sessions music down to Bluegrass Underground in Cumberland Caverns ( http://bluegrassunderground.com/ ). As much as I'm excited about seeing you play at the Kauffman Center in January, I can't express how happy of a trip it'd be to see you down there. I realize that scheduling could be an issue but I think it would be an amazing way to introduce this new American music project to a lot of people that missed out on watching the Colbert Report Monday.

Thank you for pushing beyond what others perceive as the boundaries of their musical genres.

Mr. Ma,
My tickets to see your upcoming show in Pittsburgh arrived in the mail today. Your recording of Bach's cello suites is frequently playing in the background in my home. I'm not certain if you take requests, but if you'd consider it for one of your famous encore's, and you've enough time to prepare, my wife and I both would be delighted to hear you play the prelude to suite 6. You could play all of them for that matter, but I could live with just one. Thanks for your consideration.
Dan M.
Pittsburgh, Pa

Dear Yo yo,

My 3 year old daughter has been taking cello for about 7 months because she loves you so much! She adores you...ever since she saw an early Mr. Rogers episode from wayyy back when. She even named her cat Yo Yo...and tells me she looooovvvvvves you-complete with goo goo eyes:) Her early exposure to you and your music has totally shaped her personality! She can pick instruments out of any piece of music, and she now has 4 little songs down on her cello. Her very first lesson when she was two...she insisted on playing with her eyes closed because she says that's how you "feel" the music! She wanted to go right into using that bow! So, now she's 3 1/2...this kid would rather see you than go to Disney, so we are going to try and see you in either Pittsburgh in Dec, or NY. We live in the Baltimore, MD area. Thank you Yo yo. You continue to delight with your music, but for us...you will always remain very special to our family. We look forward to having Nina see you play in person. xoxoxo

Mr. Ma, my son, a cello and classical guitar player, has recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with his involvement in the Boy Scouts of America. He currently plays with his high school orchestra and with the South West Florida Youth Symphony. He is a big fan of yours and I know he would greatly appreciate receiving a letter of congratulations or commendation from you. Within the next few weeks, we will be conducting his Eagle Court of Honor. I am sure that your presence at this celebration of his achievement would greatly honor him, but he would be proud to receive a letter of congratulations from you. We will see that it is read at the Court of Honor and presented to him as a permanent reminder of the importance of his achievement.

Please feel free to email me via this forum as I am now signed up as a fan on this site.

I appreciate your consideration.

Thank-you

Hi Mr. Ma
I am 13 years old and absolutly adore you. You are my hero!!!!
I saw a video of you playing The Swan and fell in love with it. You are simply AMAZING and would want to be like you when I am older. Thank you!!
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Thank you for creating a lot of wonderful music for us to listen.
Today I found out this website and would like to express my gratitude to your mom.
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yoyoma, im really glad to see an asian as outstanding as him.
whenever friends asked me about who i think is the most famous asian, his name will definitely pop up with one or two others. He came to my country for a performance before, and i always wonder how to win him back. really really looking forward to your next performance!

Hello Mr. Ma,
I have a solo with the cello part of "When I close My Eyes" by Jim Papuolis. I was wondering if you had any tips so that I could sound better and more lively? If you could, email me please at kyle_irvine1999@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance!

Dear Yo Yo Ma,

Your music is so powerful and the message of Peace it carries disarms the human heart. My friends and myself would like to know if there is a way we can invite you to come to Ireland. We have some great venues now, state of the art, like the Grand Canal Theatre with 2,100 seats, the Convention Centre Dublin with 2,000 seats, to name just the newly inaugurated ones. If you would consider coming to Ireland in September it would be a perfect time as we are celebrating UN World Day of Peace in a special way this year. I do not know if this message ever gets to you personally, but we do not know of any better way to make known our desire to have you come to Ireland and have concerts here. We would love it very much if you would be interviewed on the national television channel and even have your concert broadcast live. That would be just wonderful. I hope your webmaster will forward this message to you. More power to you and the peace your music brings.

Peace Ireland

Mr. Ma,

I would like to say that I enjoy all the work you have done not only for the United States, but for the world! I have followed your career since I was five years old. Every recording that I have found that you have made has captured my attention. I think that your music is amazing! All of the passion that you put into your music is so obvious to see when you play! I too myself have been cello for over ten years. I am nowhere as good as you, but your recordings of Faure Elegie, the Dvorak Cello Concerto, the Elgar Cello Concerto, Vivaldi double cello concerto and tango suites are my favorites! I have seen you once in concert in St. Louis. Me and my friend Steven searched for you to find your autograph back stage, but we were told you had to leave. I really enjoyed your interpretation of the Dvorak Cello Concerto (as does my cello teacher), and I like your interpretation of the Bach Suites (your encore)! I also enjoy listening to your cadenza at the end of the Haydn Cello Concerto.

I am truly amazed by everything you have done, and I hope that one day I will be able to play as well as you! I hope that you keep on playing, and continue your work with the silk road ensemble. Remember sir that you are making a difference in the lives of those who hear your work.

Congratulations on receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
Josiah

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I am a professor or early childhood education and child development. I work with a number of non-profit organizations that advocate for children.

I would like to know if it is possible to obtain permission to use the song Familia with a short informational video about OMEP-USA. We are a small national organization dedicated to children's rights around the world. We are the United States national committee for OMEP international. Is there a way that we can apply for permission to use Familia as the music that accompanies our video. We plan to use it at our meetings and to introduce OMEP-USA to other child advocate groups and on our web site (http://www.omep-usnc.org/).

The message that your work conveys concerning people and the respect of others seems very much in keeping with our work as a child rights organization. We look forward to hearing from you and hope that we might use your music to support our work.

Thank you so much for your consideration.

Wishing you all the best in the year 2011!

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Dear Mr. Ma,
I have been a great fan of yours for many years since I first saw you perform, probably when I was in middle school if not earlier. I have studied for many years and now teach band at an inner city school in Charlotte, NC. I have been working toward motivating my students to become the best young musicians they can be, but with limited means this is not an easy task. I have created a project entitled "Anyone can be a Musician" where I have posted pictures, posters, programs, anything of present day musicians to motivate my students and show them the impact music can have.
I, and my students, would greatly appreciate a poster or other promotional materials that you could send. If it is at all possible to send a personal message making a connection to show that musicians are real people too!
The school is only three years old, and I am the only music teacher. My students are very talented, but do not yet grasp the bigger picture of music. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If there is anyone else around the internet that would like to contribute our address is:
Military and Global Leadership Academy
3351 Griffith Street
Charlote, NC 28203

I am Cellist in Korea. I recorded cello Hymns album "Cello Fantasia" last month.
And now I visit New-York (John Jay college, Lynch Theater) for musical "Covenant Jouuney" as Cello Player.
I really want to give you cello album in person, but There is no way~
If I may, could you know me your e-mail address.
I will send my album.(mp3 file)
Thanks.

Kang, Gyu-chan / Cellist / gyuchan@hanmail.net

Dear Maestro,
I am junior composer. I composed several pieces for cello solo and cello+piano duos. Would it be possible to send couple of them to you?

Thank you in advance!

Gracias por tu musica, tienes el sonido mas maravilloso que he escuchado, tu cello emite los sonidos de mi corazon. please come to chile, we are so grateful, you have many fans in this country we love your music.
Susana

Thank you for creating a lot of wonderful music for us to listen.
Today I found out this website and would like to express my gratitude to your mom.
I read "My Son - Yo Yo" by Marina Ma as told to John A. Rallo in 1995.
It gave me a lot of inspiration and showed a way to bring up my son since he was
very young. I also let my son to read this book when he could read books.
I think, he also got some messages from you from this book more or less.
Luckily he is now attending the same school as you did.
I truly hope that you can give this message to your mom.

Best Regards,
Ma
user name: laynge (of your website)

First let me say that you are an incredible talent and I am a huge fan. But the reason for my note today, I am working on a fundraiser for breast cancer (Bras for the Cause) and my group has chosen a cello as our theme this year. We have a cello that we will be decorating for the event (or actual the bra that will accompany the cello). All submissions are judged and then sold to raise money for breast cancer. It was thought that our entry would be so much more valuable if we included one of your cd's. What I was hoping is that I could get an autographed one. I understand that you are probably initiated with requests like this but I truly hope to hear from you. My e-mail is slkmet@msn.com.

Thanks for listening! - Sue

Hello from Valerie & Mike (Penelope's parents). We are looking forward to the one and only Silk Road performance tonight at the Mann in Philly.

Best wishes for safe travel and lots of love.

VA& MJW

Hi,
I really want the sheet music for MALENA by Ennio Morricone - which Yo- Yo Ma performes phantastic!
Is it published and where can I buy it?
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Mr. Yo Yo Ma.

The Ministry of Foreign Affaris of Mexico requires your contact information for send you a Special Invitations for the festivities of Bicentenary (e-mail, mail & phone), and we like to do it as soon as possible. Thanks.

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Dear Maestro: Thank you so much for your kindness yesterday evening. After rehearsing on the stage of the Colón Opera, you signed and dedicated my dvd booklet, and took some time to talk to me. I am a big fan of you! I am a baritone and I sing at the Teatro Colón since 1991. Congratulations for your concert. Hope you will come more often and, again, thank you so much for your time and gentility
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Yo-Yo Ma is one of my favorites. Not a day goes by that I don't listen!

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I am a secondary school student studying music extension, and would ask that Mr Ma or anyone who is familiar with the subject could please assist me.
I need the opinions of Baroque cello specialists on the topic of whether or not a Baroque cello is required in order to present an authentic Baroque performance, and why/why not. I am not cheating on my assignment - I have done a lot of research into technical details and my teacher now requires me to present the opinions of experts on the subject.

If Mr Ma or anyone else knows of other Baroque cello specialists who may be able to assist me, I would be grateful if you could let me know how to contact them.

Thank you very much.

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there are many composers who have been inspired by Yo-Yo and requests like you. i don't think it's possible for them to fulfill all these requests. but good luck ..

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Hello, My name's Rachel. I'm 15 and I've been playing since I was about 10. I play and I take private lessons. But I feel like I'm just playing insignificant notes. I watch videos of you playing and I'm just amazed by how expressive your music is. I can tell that you truly love it. And I enjoy the cello very much, I just wish I could play with that kind of emotion. How do you channel all of your feelings into your playing like that?

Dear Yo Yo Ma,
First of all, congratulations on winning a Grammy tonight!
I wanted to tell you that I saw you play live with my cousin recently. He and I both started playing cello about 2 years ago, but I'm twentysomething and he's twelve. Personally I loved your performance, and though I was, of course, impressed with the highly technical fast parts of Haydn's Cello Concerto in C, what touched me was the quieter parts. I was truly moved.
I've enjoyed your music for more than a decade, but now that I actually play the cello, you're something of a hero. My cousin is inspired by you. Since seeing you play, he's been more serious in his lessons, and he has improved so much. He said "That was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard."

Thank you so much for playing, and for inspiring us.

This is probably the wrong venue for this, so please accept my apologies, but I was hoping to reach Yo-Yo Ma and ask if he might sign a photograph that was taken of him and a resident of mine during his appearance at the Tucson Symphony Orchestra last month. Wanda Kay, the TSO's Director of Development, arranged for the photograph. As for my resident (I work for an independent senior community), she adores Yo-Yo Ma and was so thrilled to have been invited to meet him at the reception. She knows nothing about this request, but I know it would mean a lot to her. Thank you.

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Dear Mr. Ma,
I'm an admirer of your talent and diverse endeavors. I could gush on, but as a licensed plumber, I find your endorsement of Glacier Bay and Price Pfister a bit strange. Glacier Bay is the worst of the worst. I happen to have one in my rental,it leaks everywhere and has NO serviceable parts. I can't wait to replace it. Price Pfister has good fit and finish,but is a purveyor of intentional obsolescence. I am fortunate to be acquainted w/a unique supplier who agrees that this company changes their internal designs so frequently that it makes it very difficult for even professionals to keep track of and locate their legacy products....legacy should not mean 4 years....Delta is OK quality and serviceable. Grohe is Really nice,but internally is unnecessarily complex. No-one paid me to critique these products,but after decades of installing and servicing these and other brands,it strikes me that a smart musician such as yourself could find some smarter companies to endorse. I won't name them,but there are many that are rock solid who might enjoy the exposure. Feel free to ask me what works.
Keep plucking and bowing Sensei.
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Inspirational is the perfect word for him. I too hope to meet him one day, although a concert would be just as good

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wow i'm moved by ur motivation... yo-yo ma is really is such a inspiring musician. btw i think u should try checking the link on feedback at the bottom of this website...
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Hello from Amish country Middlefield Ohio.

It would be sooo cool if Yo Yo Ma would have an opportunity to meet and greet our children at Jordak Elementary school...Periodically they have school concerts. All children love music...but this school doesnt have an opportunity for children to play instruments. So the teacher has had the children use old coffee cans, and baby jars with sand.. She can /is very creative. I know Yo Yo Ma goes to different schools.. This school is wayyyy out in the country. The percentage of amish children is approx 30%. I know some personalities do go to like major towns, and it would be soo cool if they could just hear u share with your music. Children are totally touched by music, and can create some soothingness in their lives.

Sincerely
Tina Miller-Holmes

I have heard that he is very accessible if he is able look at the site for these comments. For someone that EVERYONE wants to have his attention, you may have to be patient.

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I'm from Madrid (Spain). I have recently visited the Auditorio National's website. There is no information about a concert on 1st. of March. Now, there are 206 concerts programmed in 2010 and it is not included the Yo-yo Ma's. Do you know something about it? Thank you.