Yo-Yo Ma News

Violinist Itzhak Perlman will perform music from Vienna and Hollywood with the New York Philharmonic on Monday, April 11, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert. The program replaces the previously announced Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario, narrated by Christopher Plummer. Mr. Plummer has had to reschedule his appearance with the Orchestra due to the extended filming of Barrymore; a new concert date will be announced at a later time. Repertoire for Mr. Perlman's program will be announced shortly.

On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall will commemorate its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress Audra McDonald.

Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer - masters of their own instruments and styles - are even more impressive in their abilities to cross over from genre to genre.

The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the Chinese New Year with a gala concert featuring Chinese and western orchestral music, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Long Yu - artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic, music director of the Shanghai and Guanzhou Symphony Orchestras, and artistic director of the Beijing Music Festival - will make his Philharmonic debut.

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) brings its 2010-2011 Chamber Music Series to a close with four performances of Bohemian Rhapsodies, an opulent program of Romantic quartets, from April 30, 2011 to Sunday, May 8, 2011

Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden returns to the Southern Theater with her mix of opera, cabaret, chamber music and rock, sharing the stage with conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic, whose members are some of NYC's most in-demand accompanists.

Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer - masters of their own instruments and styles - are even more impressive in their abilities to cross over from genre to genre.

The 2010/11 World Music series at Walt Disney Concert Hall continues on Monday, April 4, at 8:00 pm with the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma.

New York-based Erik Ochsner will conduct performances of the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Live to Projection at Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO. The performances feature Howard Shore's Academy Award®-winning score performed live, synchronized to film.

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma will a play a one-night-only concert at the Majestic Theatre on March 31st. The event will be followed by An Evening on the Silk Road, an afterparty at the Hotel Valencia.

Texas Performing Arts welcomes 2010 Grammy Award-winning Brazilian guitar virtuosos Sérgio and Odair Assad for an evening devoted to their Lebanese musical roots, aptly titled De Volta As Raizes (Back To Our Roots).

Texas Performing Arts presents the Austin debut of the critically acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, Monday, March 28 in Bass Concert Hall.

The 2011 Season of The Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC will feature many firsts including award winning actor and Saratoga Springs native David Hyde Pierce joining us to narrate the orchestra's performance of Britten's classic, A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, an evening with Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis, and a full screening of classic film Casablanca with a live orchestral performance of the film's score.

Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce will appear with the Philadelphia Orchestra to narrate Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, in Saratoga Springs, NY, on July 29 at 8pm. In addition, the roster of events will include an evening with Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis, and a full screening of classic film Casablanca with a live orchestral performance of the film's score.

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) rounds out its 2010/2011 Carnegie Hall Series on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, with Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer and Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider both making landmark OSL debuts.

The 2010/11 World Music series at Walt Disney Concert Hall continues on Monday, April 4, at 8:00 pm with the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma.

Grammy® Award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman continues his 2010/11 season with two of his New York City appearances this spring.

What would happen if an Arab folk musician, a chart-topping rock guitarist and a Grammy-nominated classical violinist decided to play each other's music? And co-write a new piece?

What would happen if an Arab folk musician, a chart-topping rock guitarist and a Grammy-nominated classical violinist decided to play each other's music? And co-write a new piece? And even cover a Justin Bieber song? Who knows...and that's exactly the point of GALA/NYC, a one-of-a-kind performance series at the Brooklyn Lyceum that will preview for four concerts in May with a full season of twice-monthly shows to begin in September. The first shows will take place on Saturday evenings at 8 pm on May 7, 14, 21 and 28.

Sony Classical is delighted to announce the release of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Focus Features' new film Jane Eyre, available March 8, 2011. Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement) has created a romantic and moving score, performed by violinist Jack Liebeck, as the perfect complement to the new movie version of the celebrated story. Jane Eyre opens in New York and Los Angeles on March 11, and expands to additional cities throughout March.