interview with YO-YO MA
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Madam Hudson
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2017-07-08 06:24
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Today we will meet Yo-Yo Ma. ^^
Lorrain Hahn[Host] : This week a musician who’s considered one of the greatest cellists of our time. Yo-Yo Ma’s career as a professional cellist spans more than 20 years and over 50 albums. He’s been honored for his music with many awards including an amazing 14 Grammys.
Yo-Yo Ma was born in France to Chinese parents who were also musicians. Under the tutelage of his father, Yo-Yo gave his first public performance when he was just five years old. We’re catching up with Yo-Yo Ma now in New York. Yo-Yo, good to speak with you. Thank you so much for joining us.
What inspires you nowadays? Is it the places you visit, the people you meet, nature?
Yo-Yo Ma[Cellist] : Uh, what inspires me? I think you’ve just answered it. People inspire me. I think what the human spirit is capable of invention, of being able to get through hard times and to be able to pull through difficult times. Nature inspires me. I’m always looking at the world, then, with a certain amount of curiosity and wonder.
It’s all about connecting people. I think everything, in terms of music, boils down to trust. I can’t make music on stage with somebody without our feeling that we really trust each other to get the work done. It’s to say, “You know, I love your music. I respect your music. Now teach me! Tell me what I don’t know.” And we keep doing that, and so I think I’m happy to report that after a couple of years working with an ensemble, we really care for one another and we’re all better musicians.
Hann : Your mom a singer, your father a professor. Were they pretty strict? I mean did they force you to practice, practice, practice? Or were you a pretty disciplined child, at five?
Ma : No, I was never a disciplined child. And I continue not to be incredibly disciplined. What was different in my family is that my parents both really loved music. And, as well as my sister, in very specific ways. My father was a composer, he was a musicologist, he conducted. He was very analytical. My mother, who was a singer, really is much … the analytical sides of music didn’t interest her. I think she more or less wanted what we all want. We want to be moved by music.
Hann : Yo-Yo, I heard you try to avoid being a judge in musical competitions, especially when children are involved. Why is that?
Ma : Well, I think that music, the essence of music, is about expression and it’s not about competition. And so, I’m not ideologically against competitions. I realize we live in a very complex world. But I just found myself unable to say that one person should get first prize and the second person should get second prize. It just didn’t make sense. It’s about going internal. Going deep someplace and finding lots of context for what you have to say and make sure that someone can actually get it.
Hann : Is that, teaching kids, probably the most gratifying part of your job or your career?
Ma : I think communication and connecting with people is definitely the most gratifying part of my job and as I get older, what is so fascinating is that I think I know my world, but actually as I see my kids grow up, I realize that we live in the same world but sometimes there are parallel worlds. Their world is slightly different from my world. And I like to have contact with what they know also.
Hann : Yo-Yo, thank you so very much. It’s been a pleasure.
Ma : It’s wonderful to talk with you.
Lorrain Hahn[Host] : This week a musician who’s considered one of the greatest cellists of our time. Yo-Yo Ma’s career as a professional cellist spans more than 20 years and over 50 albums. He’s been honored for his music with many awards including an amazing 14 Grammys.
Yo-Yo Ma was born in France to Chinese parents who were also musicians. Under the tutelage of his father, Yo-Yo gave his first public performance when he was just five years old. We’re catching up with Yo-Yo Ma now in New York. Yo-Yo, good to speak with you. Thank you so much for joining us.
What inspires you nowadays? Is it the places you visit, the people you meet, nature?
Yo-Yo Ma[Cellist] : Uh, what inspires me? I think you’ve just answered it. People inspire me. I think what the human spirit is capable of invention, of being able to get through hard times and to be able to pull through difficult times. Nature inspires me. I’m always looking at the world, then, with a certain amount of curiosity and wonder.
It’s all about connecting people. I think everything, in terms of music, boils down to trust. I can’t make music on stage with somebody without our feeling that we really trust each other to get the work done. It’s to say, “You know, I love your music. I respect your music. Now teach me! Tell me what I don’t know.” And we keep doing that, and so I think I’m happy to report that after a couple of years working with an ensemble, we really care for one another and we’re all better musicians.
Hann : Your mom a singer, your father a professor. Were they pretty strict? I mean did they force you to practice, practice, practice? Or were you a pretty disciplined child, at five?
Ma : No, I was never a disciplined child. And I continue not to be incredibly disciplined. What was different in my family is that my parents both really loved music. And, as well as my sister, in very specific ways. My father was a composer, he was a musicologist, he conducted. He was very analytical. My mother, who was a singer, really is much … the analytical sides of music didn’t interest her. I think she more or less wanted what we all want. We want to be moved by music.
Hann : Yo-Yo, I heard you try to avoid being a judge in musical competitions, especially when children are involved. Why is that?
Ma : Well, I think that music, the essence of music, is about expression and it’s not about competition. And so, I’m not ideologically against competitions. I realize we live in a very complex world. But I just found myself unable to say that one person should get first prize and the second person should get second prize. It just didn’t make sense. It’s about going internal. Going deep someplace and finding lots of context for what you have to say and make sure that someone can actually get it.
Hann : Is that, teaching kids, probably the most gratifying part of your job or your career?
Ma : I think communication and connecting with people is definitely the most gratifying part of my job and as I get older, what is so fascinating is that I think I know my world, but actually as I see my kids grow up, I realize that we live in the same world but sometimes there are parallel worlds. Their world is slightly different from my world. And I like to have contact with what they know also.
Hann : Yo-Yo, thank you so very much. It’s been a pleasure.
Ma : It’s wonderful to talk with you.
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