His frequent collaborations with musicians and artists from other genres , cultures , and media reinvigorated classical music and expanded its audience. Ma was born to Chinese parents. A child prodigy , at age five he gave his first public recital, and he later moved to New York City with his family and made his Carnegie Hall debut at age nine. He was the recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize in , and in Harvard awarded him an honorary doctorate in music. Ma became celebrated for performances and recordings of the standard cello repertoire and for receiving an unusually large number of commissions from contemporary composers.

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Yo-Yo Ma born October 7, is an American cellist. He graduated from The Juilliard School and Harvard University , and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 90 albums and received 18 Grammy Awards. He has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since His sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, played the violin before obtaining a medical degree and becoming a pediatrician.
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