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Yo-Yo Ma

8 months

This version of Bach’s first cello suite was recorded live in the Great Smoky Mountains. I’ve always thought of Suite No. 1 as “Nature at Play,” so it was a dream to play it with the birds, the trees, and the rushing brook. ▶️

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4 years

In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort. The first of my #SongsOfComfort : Dvořák – "Going Home” Stay safe.

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2 years

Wishing you all a happy 2022.

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2 years

This is a little bit of comfort for those who need it. Over the Rainbow #songsofcomfort

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8 months

This is for Maui, from a far away friend. I am so terribly sorry.

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2 years

Some musical gratitude for all the healthcare workers who do the impossible every day. Simple Gifts, #songsofcomfort

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4 years

I'll never forget the way Ennio Morricone described music as “energy, space, and time.” It is, perhaps, the most concise and accurate description I’ve ever heard. We'll truly miss him. This is the Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso." #EnnioMorricone

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1 year

Happy New Year!

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4 years

This is for the healthcare workers on the frontlines — the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3. Your ability to balance human connection and scientific truth in service of us all gives me hope. #songsofcomfort

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4 years

This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways. Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major #songsofcomfort

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1 year

To our friends in Turkey and Syria — our love, thoughts, and prayers are with you all. This is for those who are suffering and for the helpers that are working tirelessly to save lives and bring hope. __ Partita by Adnan Saygun #songsofcomfort

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Yo-Yo Ma

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2 years

Teachers! This one is for you, for always finding the strength to give young people hope, even in the most difficult circumstances. Thank you. __ Prélude, Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach, #songsofcomfort

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4 years

For Italy. Per l'Italia. Morricone, from "The Legend of 1900" ("La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano") #SongsOfComfort

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4 years

To all the mothers and caregivers: thank you for the love you give every day. Love Theme (from "Cinema Paradiso”), Ennio Morricone. #songsofcomfort

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3 years

50 years ago today, this guy made his @carnegiehall debut!

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4 years

The Swan, Saint-Saëns #songsofcomfort

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4 years

For those grieving. Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor #songsofcomfort

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1 year

To all of you: Happy New Year! —Yo-Yo Ma 🐇

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

Dona Nobis Pacem (“grant us peace”) #songsofcomfort

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1 year

For #EarthDay , @annaclyne 's “In the Gale” recorded in @AcadiaNPS for the @BirdsongProject . 🌎 🐦

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

Years ago, I visited my friend #MisterRogers to play this song. This is for the kids and their grown-ups who are at home together. Sing along with me! #songsofcomfort Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree... We love you Yes we do Yes we do We love you Original:

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

For India. Sarabande from Bach's Suite for Solo Cello No. 4. #songsofcomfort

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6 months

Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso" by Ennio Morricone

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Yo-Yo Ma

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11 months

Tomorrow, I start a journey across the Great Smoky Mountains, ending with a celebration of #OurCommonNature in Knoxville. Here’s "Appalachia Waltz" with Edgar Meyer, performed in the Smokies last year. ___ @bigearsfestival @OurCommonNature @GreatSmokyNPS

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, J.S. Bach #songsofcomfort

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4 years

On Sunday, May 24 at 3pm ET, I’ll be performing #Bach ’s complete cello suites live as a memorial for those we've lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience of our communities. Join me on @995WCRB , radio stations nationwide or YouTube.

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6 months

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4 years

Partita, Ahmed Adnan Saygun #songsofcomfort 🌍

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4 years

Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend. Mark O’Connor's "Appalachia Waltz" #songsofcomfort

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7 months

For my friends in Libya and Morocco. ___ Excerpt of the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 5 #songsofcomfort

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

There are so many stories made invisible: too-often-violent histories hidden beneath the surfaces of our cities, our institutions, our music. It’s our job to make them visible. I’m honored to mark #Juneteenth with a new song by @RhiannonGiddens . #blacklivesmatter #songsofchange

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 months

Greetings to my Human Family! Wishing you all DIGNITY and RESPECT toward one another in the coming year____THE PATH: 👂 Listening... Happy 2024! —Yo-Yo Ma

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

For those we've lost. "Sarabande" from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 #songsofcomfort ▶️

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4 years

Last year in Lima I met artists of the Shipibo tribe, who use art to share their knowledge of the Amazon. They settled in the dense neighborhood of Cantagallo, which faces high rates of COVID. This is for them & the millions who don’t have the luxury of distance. #songsofcomfort

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3 years

Simple gifts that your country has given to you, you can give back by voting. To all those who have already voted and all of the election workers — thank you!

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1 month

Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) with @kathystott

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4 years

In honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, my friend Sara Wolfensohn and I contributed a performance of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise to "The Eternal Aria," a virtual musical shiva on YouTube >> May her memory be for blessing. #songsofcomfort

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

I’m grateful for music’s comfort, but also for its connections. Two years ago, I heard @angeliquekidjo sing “Blewu” — a dirge for the dead and an anthem of thanks. It’s never left me. “Blewu,” based on a traditional Ewe song, composed by Bella Bellow #songsofcomfort

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

We usually start the year quietly. But this year we need everybody’s energy. I hope that this musical flow charges you to move, act and feel common purpose. Happy new year to you all. Prelude to Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, J.S. Bach #songsofhope

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

One more hour! Tune in at 3pm for my live performance of the complete Bach cello suites — a memorial to those we've lost and a tribute to the resilience of our communities.

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Yo-Yo Ma

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4 years

I’m honored to join @Raffi_RC to celebrate 40 years of “Baby Beluga,” and to call on each of us to work together for a sustainable future where life under the sea can swim wild & free. #songsofcomfort #songsofchange @GlobalGoalsUN #SDG14 #belugagrads

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Yo-Yo Ma

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1 year

It was a privilege to be with the team rebuilding @notredameparis , cultural workers using their hands, their heads, and their hearts to forge the knowledge of the past into a better future, for the citizens of Paris and for the world. @rebatirNDP 🎥 Taylor McKay and @austinmann

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Yo-Yo Ma

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2 years

This is Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in Kharkiv.

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2 years

A violoncellist performs in downtown Kharkiv, destroyed by Russia. Video: @suspilne

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

Just before the summer solstice, I spent three days in Maine's Acadia National Park. (1/7)

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

Today, as we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of service, listen again to this song by @RhiannonGiddens . Today is always a good day to learn. Full song:

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4 years

For Iran, with my dear friend @KayhanKalhor . “Morgh e Sahar” (Bird of the Dawn) by Ostad Morteza Naydavoud #songsofcomfort #songsofchange برای ایران بهمراه دوست عزیزم کیهان کلهر. مرغ سحر ساخته استاد مرتضی‌ نی داوود #مرتضی_نی_داوود #ایران #یو_یو_ما #مرغ_سحر #کیهان_کلهر

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2 years

Brahms for Ukraine with @EmanuelAx . #songsofcomfort

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1 year

I was in Hawaiʻi last month with culture-keepers, artists, sailors, and scientists, communities who believe in that most fundamental and beautiful vision: “He waʻa, he honua” — that the earth is our canoe. (1/9)

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2 years

Last month, I was in West Virginia, where I had the privilege of sharing music, meals, and nature with young people, artists, scientists, miners, and others. (1/8) All 📷 by Austin Mann

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3 years

For this last day of a long winter. "Here Comes the Sun" by @GeorgeHarrison , performed with @JamesTaylor_com .

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1 year

One year ago: honoring the #GrandCanyon and its caretakers. ▶️

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4 years

Schumann with @EmanuelAx . #songsofcomfort

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11 months

Music for the Great Smoky Mountains with @EdgarMeyerJr and @BryanD28Sutton from 2022. Looking forward to bringing more to #Knoxville on Friday. >> __ @OurCommonNature @BigEarsFestival @GreatSmokyNPS

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4 years

“Rain Falling from the Roof,” composed by and performed with my dear friend Wu Tong 吳彤. Here’s his story of the music. #songsofcomfort #songsofchange #SDG3 #SDG12 @silkroadproject

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Yo-Yo Ma

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3 years

If you plan on #voting by mail, you need to post it TODAY to make sure it’s counted! Or find a ballot dropbox near you. Get voting information for your area here:

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4 years

My friend @SandyBoynton and I made a little something! #SongsofComfort “Mooing Home” — Music by Dvořák

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3 years

One year after he left us, still thinking about #EnnioMorricone and his unique description of music as “energy, space, and time.”

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2 years

“Build a House” by @RhiannonGiddens performed live at @TanglewoodMusic Festival with @silkroad .

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5 years

#BachProject in “Los Dos Laredos” — in U.S. and Mexico — yesterday. "I've lived my life at the borders. Between cultures. Between disciplines. Between musics. Between generations." ⁦ @NPR ⁩ #CultureConnectsUs

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

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5 months

Rehearsing with my dear friend @angeliquekidjo for our upcoming performances in Monaco (Dec 1), Paris (Dec 3), Luxembourg (Dec 5) and Brussels (Dec 6). Details at

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3 years

A favorite quote – can you guess when it was written?

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5 years

In Mexico City last week, I dedicated the fifth suite to all the courageous and resilient Mexicans, the families of the disappeared, and those who have suffered from violence. 🇲🇽 @liladowns

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2 years

If you #PledgetoPause before you share online, you can help stop the spread of misinformation and bring an end to this pandemic. Here's something to listen to while you wait! 🐝 @UN

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4 years

Forty-nine years ago, Pablo Casals played this piece at the United Nations. On Friday, October 23, we’re going to celebrate the @UN ’s 75th anniversary with a live concert event on @idagio_official 's Global Concert Hall ▶️

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2 years

What is our place in the universe? Where do we sit between the past and future, between human and nature? How can wonder and awe give us hope and clarity? 📷 @austinmann

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4 years

V. Epilogue from "The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea." Composed by and performed with my dear friend @KinanAzmeh كنان العظمة. #songsofcomfort

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With @JgWild_Nvwoti in @GreatSmokyNPS last year. Looking forward to returning to the Smokies next week to join Jarrett, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the @BigEarsFestival , and other amazing partners for #OurCommonNature : An Appalachian Celebration.

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3 years

Prayer by Ernest Bloch (“From Jewish Life” No. 1) -- Excerpt of video originally released as part of #songsofcomfort

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4 years

Two budding cellists, 9 and 6, serenade an elderly neighbor — and a locked-down world

The power of music in the time of a global pandemic, from "songs of comfort" by Yo-Yo Ma to spontaneous tunes from rooftops.

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1 year

✅ VOTE! Find out where your polling place is, who’s on your ballot and more ▶️

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11 months

Arrived in the Great Smoky Mountains. 📷 Austin Mann ___ @GreatSmokyNPS @OurCommonNature @BigEarsFestival

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4 years

Deserted Italian street rings out with song as people lean from windows to sing together during lockdown

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4 years

A giant.

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4 years

Ellis Marsalis, 1934 - 2020 He went out the way he lived: embracing reality

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3 years

How it started... how it's going 12/12

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3 years

Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy") with @kathystott . New video out now ▶️ __ @SonyClassical @SonyMasterworks

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3 years

You can support musicians who have been impacted by the pandemic simply by listening to my new track with @kathystott ! 100% of our earnings from “You’ll Never Walk Alone” will be donated to @musiciansfdn and @HelpMusiciansUK .

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4 years

One year ago, I had the privilege of bringing the #BachProject to #Beirut . Today, my heart is with all of the friends, partners, and people I met there. 📷 @austinmann

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Out today, more Beethoven for Three from Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and me: recordings of Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, “Archduke” AND a new video of Symphony No. 5’s iconic first movement — Watch the full video at __ @SonyMasterworks

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1 year

Our planet is astounding. I’ve visited some incredibly beautiful places this year, and learned so much from the people who care for them. (1/4) 📷 Austin Mann

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4 years

Tomorrow's livestream from @WGBH in Boston will be at 3pm ET on YouTube and public radio stations nationwide. ❤️

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3 years

The program from my @carnegiehall recital debut nearly 50 years ago.

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3 years

"Over the Rainbow" with @kathystott . Our new album, "Songs of Comfort and Hope," arrives December 11. #songsofcomfort #songsofhope

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3 years

This Sunday at 1pm EST / 7pm CET, tune in to the world premiere of “See Me: A Global Concert,” led by @marinalsop — part of to the Opening Ceremony of the @WEF #DavosAgenda . ▶️

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4 years

Thank you for the kind comments on my #songsofcomfort playlist. This weekend, I invite you to make your own #playlist to bring comfort to your family & friends. Reply with a link to share with all of us! 🎶 Spotify: YouTube:

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1 year

Classical music — all of culture — is about connection, about forging bonds across time and with the world around us. @AppleClassical

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2 years

When I first played #JohnWilliams ’s Theme from Schindler’s List, it brought me into an emotional space that I couldn’t escape. I’m proud to share this new recording of it with @nyphil . ▶️

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4 years

What an honor to share the stage with @T_Mothotoane , @eddiendopu & @carloSanvee , talking about how trust can help us build a better world & achieve the @UN ’s Sustainable Development Goals.🌎 #DF19 #SDG

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3 years

My family and I mourn the passing of Joanne Rogers — a devoted friend, an effervescent musical spirit, and a true partner in every way to Fred. May her journey rejoining Fred be accompanied by lots of laughter, music, and joy.

Joanne Rogers, widow of Fred Rogers, dies at 92

Ms. Rogers was integral in preserving the values of kindness and respect championed by her late husband long after his death.

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2 years

Streaming on @DGclassics #DGStage tomorrow through January 28, Beethoven's Triple Concerto with @DBarenboim and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

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It was an honor to join Abel Selaocoe ( @Abel_Cellist ) to record “Ibuyile I'Africa,” featured on his debut album, Where Is Home ▶️ __ @WarnerClassics

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4 years

I am proud to speak up for @refugees everywhere. Compassion and kindness are needed more than ever. Every action counts. Every voice counts. #EveryoneCounts .

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4 years

Join the @nyphil , @LincolnCenter , and me on Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 pm EST for the streaming premiere of my 1995 performance of the Dvořák Cello Concerto. Led by Kurt Masur and introduced by @AlecBaldwin . Details:

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