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

The next volume of Beethoven for 3 w/ Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos features Symphony No. 4 in a new arrangement by Shai Wosner & Op. 97 “Archduke.” Listen to the symphony’s 4th movement today; pre-order the full album out March 15 > bit.ly/4b5viOW Sony Classical

"These days, people can do everything. That's what I'm hoping for, that people who go into music are not going to be labeled..." Yo-Yo Ma meets Zane Lowe to discuss what 'classical' music means to him, in an exclusive interview with Apple Music: apple.co/Yo-YoMaXZane

Hearing Beethoven differently. Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax present a chamber version of the composer's Fourth Symphony, in a new arrangement by Shai Wosner. apple.co/BeethovenForTh…

Listen to the newest Beethoven for Three release, featuring Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, “Archduke,” with my friends Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/symphony4 __ Sony Masterworks

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 yoyoma.lnk.to/symphony5video __ Sony Masterworks

Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) with Kathryn Stott

We're thrilled to announce that Yo-Yo Ma will be honored with WHYY's 22nd Annual Lifelong Learning Award on May 1! He will be interviewed live by Terry Gross of Fresh Air - attend in-person or virtually with pay-as-you-wish tickets: bit.ly/3TnKBKF

Renée Fleming has edited a beautiful new book on music, art, and health. I’m so honored that she included my essay "Nature, Culture, and Healing." More at bit.ly/3vVhEhj.

On #EarthDay, we must stand for our planet. A planet threatened by climate change, by pollution, by biodiversity loss. A planet that needs to be rescued. So we must unite. And we must mobilize all our efforts for #ClimateAction.

Bach's Prélude from Suite No. 2, amidst the melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska, where I was brought by Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Princess Daazhraii). Full video at ▶️ bit.ly/4aJnjXb

Explore how virtuosos become maestros, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Chang and more. Now Hear This “Old Friends” airs Friday, April 26 at 9/8c on PBS. Scott Yoo #GreatPerformancesPBS

In our fourth podcast episode of Face-Off: US vs China we shift to music. Yo-Yo Ma talks about his Chinese ancestry. Hai-Ye Ni principal cellist for the Philadelphia Orchestra, recalls how she came to the US. Hope you enjoy this charming episode. lnk.to/Face-Off

Tonight, after a five-year listening tour across six continents, and 47 years after my first Spoleto Festival USA, I'm so excited to share some of the wisdom I encountered during my journey at Spoleto with the help of friends Angelique Kidjo and Justin Dutcher.

The new Afghanistan Cultural Fund, seed funded by us and led by goetheinstitut, supports Afghan cultural workers and artists, particularly women, who are working in Afghanistan and in the diaspora on music and storytelling projects. Apply by August 15: osf.to/4cuaqkD

#OurCommonNature continues! Excited to support this new show about the little hero of New York’s past and future – the oyster. ⭐ The Oyster Radio Hour July 31–August 4 • LittleIslandNYC littleislandtickets.com/events/the-oys…

We’re honored to have partnered with Yo-Yo Ma, the #BlackfeetNation & INDIGENOUS LED for a remarkable community gathering at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park to celebrate the tribe’s efforts to restore free-roaming bison—a species that holds immense cultural, spiritual

I was deeply moved by my meeting with coastal communities in Samoa forced to move their homes inland. Sea levels are rising at a rate not seen in at least 3,000 years. If we don’t reverse these climate change trends, we will see this tragedy in other coastal areas globally.

A few days in Tonga offered me a front row seat to how people here have to endure the impacts of the climate crisis on a regular basis: From torrential rains & flash floods to rising sea levels forcing families to relocate. The world must take urgent #ClimateAction now.