Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma (Chinese: 馬友友; pinyin: Mǎ Yǒuyǒu) (born October 7, 1955) is a world-famous French-Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world, though critics still rate Mstislav Rostropovich as the greater mus

Yo-Yo Ma (Chinese: 馬友友; pinyin: Mǎ Yǒuyǒu) (born October 7, 1955) is a world-famous French-Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world, though critics still rate Mstislav Rostropovich as the greater musician (indeed, the 'Times' rates the latter as the world's greatest musician).

He was born in Paris to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu (盧雅文), was a singer, while his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma (馬孝駿), was a conductor and composer. Ma began to study the violin, then the viola, before taking up the cello. His family moved to New York when he was seven years old.