Yo-Yo Ma News

The newly renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Memphis Jookin': The Show featuring Lil Buck on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7pm. There will be a Q&A with Lil Buck and the dancers after the show. Tickets range from $15-$55.  

The Grammy-winning Silkroad Ensemble returns to The Soraya on Saturday, April 2 at 8pm with Home Within, a visual and lyrical tribute to those impacted by the Syrian tragedy.

McCarter continues the season with a jam-packed lineup of music, theater, dance, and family programming.

The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group will co-present Sarah Ruhl and Matthew Aucoin in Conversation on March 16 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream.

The New Jersey Symphony and Music Director Xian Zhang announce the Symphony's landmark 2022–23 centennial season—and an extension of Zhang's music director contract through the 2027–28 season.

The American Classical Orchestra, New York City’s leading period instrument orchestra, will return to Lincoln Center for an all-Bach program at Alice Tully Hall, including the Orchestra’s first-ever performance of the composer’s Easter Oratorio on Tuesday, April 5.

Black Violin is the Grammy-nominated band led by classically trained string players Wil B. (viola) and Kev Marcus (violin). Joining them onstage are DJ SPS and drummer Nat Stokes. The band uses their unique blend of classical and hip-hop music to overcome stereotypes while encouraging people of all ages, races, and economic backgrounds to join together to break down cultural barriers.

It's a new home for music in the city's arts scene! The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will welcome the public inside its new building, the Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts (The Bowes Center), located at 200 Van Ness Avenue on Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

Building on its long history of presenting adventurous music from across the genre spectrum, Caramoor’s 2022 summer season celebrates music’s power to unite people, heal divisions, and inspire discovery.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair Chad Smith today announced the adventurous slate of programs for the 2022/23 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Following engagements at The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, classical music superstars Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), and Leonidas Kavakos (violin) will take center stage at Staller Center for the Arts for a gala celebration of the arts on Saturday evening, March 12 at 8:00 P.M.

To mark this second anniversary, Mo and the Kennedy Center are releasing a special new “Variant Edition” of LUNCH DOODLES, inviting everyone back into his studio to doodle, reflect on the past two years, and create art together.

Joe’s Pub is celebrating female performers for Women’s History Month with Sandra Bernhard, Bridget Everett, Julie Klausner, Priya Darshini, Kathryn Allison, Eleri Ward, Betty Buckley, Brooklyn Raga Massive Rāginī Festival (formerly known as the Women’s Raga Massive Festival), Ayodele Casel, Desaparecidas featuring Daphne Rubin Vega, and more.

On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7:30pm, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present the Calidore String Quartet in the New York City premiere of GRAMMY Award-nominated composer Anna Clyne's Breathing Statues, a CMS co-commission, at the Rose Studio.

One of Flushing Town Hall's most popular series, Common Ground: Mini-Global Mashups, returns on Sunday, March 13 at 1PM EST with a live presentation of India Meets Egypt. Devoted global music fans can enjoy two solo musicians of different practices and cultural identities performing together in a unique pairing.

The complete Carnegie Hall concert schedule for February and March has been announced.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has announced additional performances this season at Steinmetz Hall as part of its new Dance and Music Series. The lineup includes cellist Yo-Yo Ma with pianist Kathryn Stott, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Tango Argentina, Mark Morris Dance Group, Silkroad Ensemble, and more.

The Mark Morris Dance Group will continue its digital programming during its 2021-2022 Season with “Layla and Majnun Week” – a weeklong celebration of Morris's Layla and Majnun featuring online and in-person events and digital archival content, February 14-20, 2022.

The sixth annual Youth Music Culture Guangdong concluded eight days of music celebration - including six symphonic and chamber music concerts, three masterclasses, and additional community performances - in Guangzhou and across the globe this past Sunday with a closing concert featuring YMCG Artistic Director and celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Fresh off the release of his solo cello improvisational album, Planispheres, last month, the ever prolific Mike Block, has released a new single, 'When The Birds Sing Along In The Morning' feat. Yo-Yo Ma. Machines That Fly features three new songs, plus seven solo cello reinterpretations of songs from his 2020 album, The Edge of the Atmosphere.