Yo-Yo Ma News

Project Mercury, an audio play anthology series from NYC’s Off Broadway Chatillion Stage Company, presents the world premiere of Deception, a new psychological thriller.  The play features an all-star cast headed by Jason O’Connell. 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts today announced the official public opening of Restart Stages—a new outdoor performing arts center constructed on the Lincoln Center campus—welcoming audiences to reimagined community spaces and new outdoor venues, with dozens of free events and surprise Pop-Up performances in music, dance, drama, and more.

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts's Frontyard Festival, presented by AdventHealth, for the closing of the 2020–2021 FAIRWINDS Classics Series on Saturday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Bill Irwin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Charlotte d'Amboise have joined NDI's 45th Anniversary Gala!  National Dance Institute will be hosting its 45th Anniversary Gala in celebration of 45 years of inspiring children through the arts.

The Charleston Gaillard Center has announced Lissa Frenkel as its new chief executive officer. She will begin her new role in July 2021. 'I look forward to building on the Gaillard Center's successes and leading the Charleston Gaillard Center team to expand the institution's identity as a world-class innovator in the performing arts in the region.'

The Association of Performing Arts Professionals announced the nominees for its APAP Awards, including Dallas Black Dance Theatre Executive Director Zenetta S. Drew. The APAP Honors, a virtual ceremony, will take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. (EDT). The event is free and open-to-the-public.

The Boston Symphony is returning to Tanglewood, its summer home in the beautiful Berkshires since 1937, and welcoming back audiences, July 9–August 16, for the first time since March 2020. The BSO is reopening and reimagining Tanglewood this summer—presenting a shorter, six-week season designed to capture the essential Tanglewood experience.

Hear new excerpts ahead of this week's premiere of the Audible Original Yo-Yo Ma: Beginner's Mind, from Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In the excerpts Ma touches on themes that are resonant and relevant to the times, like the virtues of an open mind, empathy, and collaboration across borders. 

Francis Ford Coppola, Yo-Yo Ma, Jenny Slate, Mona Chalabi, Drunk History's Derek Waters, Louder Than A Riot's Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael, and Ophira Eisenberg have joined the lineup for On Air Fest 2021.

Maps are used to represent physical topographies of land or borders between nations, and to assist with directing us to a desired destination. But can they also be used to represent emotions? To make unseen connections? Or to understand the past or move forward into a new future? Can the arts help to shape a new kind of map?

Celebrating 90 years of innovation, access, and excellence in music education, the Music Institute of Chicago hosts its 90th Anniversary Virtual Gala on Monday, May 10 at 6 p.m. CDT.

Audible has announced the content they will be releasing in April 2021! Scripted titles include a celebration of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday with Billie Was a Black Woman written and hosted by Rebecca Carroll; the comedy Hit Job starring Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson and more.

All Together Now has announced their upcoming monthly lineup including starry fundraisers from the Glimmerglass Festival, Little Kids Rock, and George Street Playhouse, and two senior showcases for Missouri State University.  

The Mellon Foundation’s significant investment will enable the board, artists, and staff to grow Silkroad’s artistic and programmatic output—with an emphasis on new music, art, and education programs that carry relevance and impact for today—in a sustainable way.

The commissioned works comprise a collective that chronicles the current moment, of how we felt and what we learned, and of what redemption we might find and carry forward. The Irish Arts Center was founded in 1972 and is based in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.

After receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Yo-Yo Ma treated other waiting patients with a performance at Berkshire Community College's vaccination clinic.

'If you were to walk along a busy street, and something caught your eye - something small that had no business being there-but you picked it up and put it in your pocket, you couldn't say why-but for some reason, you kept it with you - to me, that's our music,' says frontman Sam Bentley.

Broadway musicians Danielle Giulini and Drew Griffin have paired up to perform the Handel/Halvorsen violin and viola duet, 'Passacaglia.'

BAM today announced a new season—an ambitious mix of outdoor in-person programming and new virtual events—that is all about bringing live arts back to Brooklyn, and bringing Brooklyn’s creative spirit to the world. The season spans theater, dance, music, talks, visual arts, community events, and its annual gala.

Mo and the Kennedy Center are releasing a special new “Episode 00” of LUNCH DOODLES, inviting everyone back into his studio to doodle, reflect on the past year, and create art together. “Episode 00” will be available at the Mo Willems page of the Kennedy Center website beginning on Monday, March 15 at 1 p.m. EST.