Yo-Yo Ma News

Fan-favorite Portland Cello Project returns to Anchorage with a bold, genre-bending homage to Radiohead, featuring brass, percussion, and guest vocalists.

The official trailer has been released for WORDS + MUSIC, a new music docuseries featuring Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette. Watch the trailer now.

Barbra Streisand, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, and more have been nominated for 2026 GRAMMYS. See the full list of nominations here!

The Boston Civic Symphony launches its 101st season on November 9, 2025, at Jordan Hall under the direction of Music Director Francisco Noya. The 2025–26 season includes four concerts blending classical masterworks with contemporary pieces.

On 11/7 and 11/8, A BANQUET FOR THE SPIRITS features guests from Baptista's distinguished career, including Trey Anastasio of Phish and vocalist Cassandra Wilson. Read a conversation with Baptista about his career and these special birthday shows.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Tessa Lark, violin, Joshua Roman, cello, and Edgar Meyer, bass on the Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall. Learn more!

To celebrate multi-Tony Award winning composer Maury Yeston's 80th birthday, producer Danielle Tarento will present a concert of his most well know and loved music, directed by Thom Southerland, and led by Ramin Karimloo.

The Symphonia, South Florida's premier chamber orchestra, will kick off its 21st season with Mozart and Tim. It will feature The Symphonia's Principal Conductor, Alastair Willis and Organ Soloist, Tim Brumfield. 

We’ve all needed a bit more water this year to ease the drought.  But Yo-Yo Ma and friends sought to address the ways of water in a broader context in a just shy of two-hour performance on October 20th in Portland.

Mandolinist and composer Chris Thile will appear at McCarter Theatre Center on Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m., performing a solo concert that reflects his wide-ranging musicianship and cross-genre approach to the instrument.

Asia Society will honor Tony Award-winning creative duo Will Aronson and Hue Park, creators of Maybe Happy Ending, at the 2025 Asia Game Changer Awards on October 15, 2025, at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York City.

World Music Institute will present Aynur at Symphony Space. WMI proudly co-presented the NYC debut of Aynur in 2018 along with the School of Jazz at the New School, and gladly welcomes her back. Learn how to attend!

For a century, the Brown Theatre has been raising curtains and making history. On October 5, Louisville's oldest operating theatre celebrates its 100th anniversary.

Silkroad Ensemble with Wu Man will tour a reimagined American Railroad across New England and the Mid-Atlantic in November 2025, highlighting the contributions of immigrant and Indigenous communities to the Transcontinental Railroad.

Emmy-winning composer and master of traditional Vietnamese instruments Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a fall concert tour making stops in Houston, Chicago, Boston, and Worcester.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present An Evening with Chris Thile, a rare solo performance by MacArthur Fellow and Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and composer Chris Thile.

MGM+ has greenlit Words + Music, a new music docuseries based on Audible’s audio series of the same name. The series will premiere on November 30th and feature Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette.

After nine seasons as Music Director of the Sarasota Music Festival, conductor, pianist, and pedagogue Jeffrey Kahane will step back from the leadership role of the Festival, founded 61 years ago.

Kayhan Kalhor, Iran’s foremost contemporary composer, educator, and master musician, will offer a rare evening of Persian classical music at The Town Hall on November 30 at 7pm.

GRAMMY Award-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru announces a 2025-2026 season marking the start of his tenure as Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, among numerous other titled and guest engagements.