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Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, collaborating with communities and institutions to explore culture’s role in society, or engaging unexpected musical forms, Yo-Yo strives to foster connections that stimulate the imagination and reinforce our humanity.
In 2018, Yo-Yo set out to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in one sitting in 36 locations around the world that encompass our cultural heritage, our current creativity, and the challenges of peace and understanding that will shape our future. And last year, he began a new journey to explore the many ways in which culture connects us to the natural world. Over the next several years, Yo-Yo will visit places that epitomize nature’s potential to move the human soul, creating collaborative works of art and convening conversations that seek to strengthen our relationship to our planet and to each other.
Both endeavors continue Yo-Yo’s lifelong commitment to stretching the boundaries of genre and tradition to explore how music not only expresses and creates meaning, but also helps us to imagine and build a stronger society and a better future.
It was this belief that inspired Yo-Yo to establish Silkroad, a collective of artists from around the world who create music that engages their many traditions. Through his work with Silkroad, as well as throughout his career, Yo-Yo Ma has sought to expand the classical cello repertoire, premiering works by composers including Osvaldo Golijov, Leon Kirchner, Zhao Lin, Christopher Rouse, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Giovanni Sollima, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, and John Williams.
In addition to his work as a performing artist, Yo-Yo has partnered with communities and institutions from Chicago to Guangzhou to develop programs that advocate for a more human-centered world. Among his many roles, Yo-Yo is a UN Messenger of Peace, the first artist ever appointed to the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees, and a member of the board of Nia Tero, the US-based nonprofit working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and movements worldwide.
Yo-Yo’s discography of more than 100 albums (including 19 Grammy Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests. In addition to his many iconic renditions of the Western classical canon, he has made recordings that defy categorization, among them “Appalachia Waltz” and “Appalachian Journey” with Mark O’Connor and Edgar Meyer and two Grammy-winning tributes to the music of Brazil. Yo-Yo’s recent recordings include: “Sing Me Home,” with the Silkroad Ensemble, which won the 2016 Grammy for Best World Music Album; “Six Evolutions — Bach: Cello Suites;” and “Songs of Comfort and Hope,” created and recorded with pianist Kathryn Stott in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yo-Yo’s latest album is “Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5,” with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
Yo-Yo was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four and three years later moved with his family to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the National Medal of the Arts (2001), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010), Kennedy Center Honors (2011), the Polar Music Prize (2012), and the Birgit Nilsson Prize (2022). He has performed for nine American presidents, most recently on the occasion of President Biden’s inauguration.
Yo-Yo and his wife have two children. He plays three instruments: a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.
Parallèlement à sa carrière riche et variée de violoncelliste, Ruth Phillips est internationalement recherchée en tant que coach en performance et professeur d’instrument à cordes, accompagnant les personnes qui souffrent de stress, de trac ou de manque de concentration à surmonter les tensions physiques et mentales de la profession musicale. Phillips est une thérapeute qualifiée, titulaire d’une maîtrise en thérapie du mouvement de la voix. Elle a étudié le yoga avec Peter Blackaby pendant de nombreuses années, complété trois modules de formation à la communication non violente avec Muriel Kalfala ainsi qu’une formation à la méditation avec Tara Brach et Jack Kornfield. Dans son travail, elle s’appuie sur ces disciplines et sa propre expérience musicale, qui comprend non seulement le violoncelle moderne et baroque mais aussi les tambours africains, la musique indienne et la musique folklorique, pour créer un environnement stimulant, bienveillant et sûr dans lequel explorer les éléments qui empêchent les musiciens d’atteindre leur plein potentiel.
Lauréate du Concours musical international Reine Elisabeth de Belgique 2022 où elle remporte également les deux prix du public (le prix Canvas-Klara et le prix Musiq3), Grand Prix du Concours international de violoncelle Suggia 2015 à Porto, Premier Prix du Concours international de la Società Umanitaria 2021 à Milan, nommée Révélation ADAMI Classique 2021 en France, Stéphanie Huang a marqué son parcours musical par sa passion pour la musique et son sens du perfectionnisme pour le public.
Stéphanie Huang se produit régulièrement dans le répertoire concertant (Haydn, Dvorák, Elgar, Tchaïkovsky…) avec divers orchestres (Orchestre National de Belgique, Brussels Philharmonic, Kamerfilharmonie van Vlaanderen, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Musica…) sous la direction de chefs tels que M. Sanderling, C. Izcaray ou V. Mardirossian. Elle donne également des récitals et joue dans des ensembles de musique de chambre lors de nombreux festivals nationaux et internationaux (Festival des Midis-Minimes-Belgique, Festival Seiji Ozawa à Matsumoto-Japon, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo-Monaco, Festival international de musique de chambre de Schiermonnikoog-Pays-Bas, Festival de la Chapelle Musicale Reine élisabeth-Belgique…).
Stéphanie Huang a collaboré avec des artistes tels que Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Gary Hoffman, Renaud Capuçon, Claire Désert, Laurent Korcia… Elle s’est récemment produite au Festival ADAMI à Villefavard, au Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, au Musicorum à Bruxelles, au Festival Jeunes Talents à Paris, au Victoria Hall à Genève, au Palais des Beaux-Arts à Bruxelles… En janvier 2022, elle a été invitée par le violoniste français Renaud Capuçon dans l’émission télévisée – L’Essentiel chez Labro. Elle a également été interviewée par Musiq3/RTBF en tant que l’une des sept artistes de la Belgian Music Week.
Née dans une famille de musiciens, Stéphanie Huang commence le violoncelle dès son plus jeune âge. Elle a remporté un premier Prix au Concours Dexia et fait ses débuts à l’âge de douze ans au Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie à Bruxelles dans les Variations sur un thème rococo de Tchaïkovsky. Elle obtient son Bachelor degree au Koninklijk Conservatorium de Bruxelles et son Master degree de violoncelle, son Master degree en musique de chambre et Diplôme d’Artiste Interprète au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris avec de nombreuses récompenses (fondations Spes, Meyer, Kriegelstein, Safran).
Stéphanie Huang est artiste en résidence à la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth depuis 2020 et est lauréate de la Fondation Banque Populaire 2023.
Elle joue sur un violoncelle Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume généreusement prêté par le Fonds de Dotation Adelus.
Israeli cellist Nahar Eliaz internationally distinguished herself by winning First Prize in the Concerto Competition in Boston when she was just age 11. Since 2017 she has also won First Prize and the title ‘Exceptional Young Artist’ in 12 international music competitions in Europe, Asia and America. This success has led to concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, and the Musikverein in Vienna, as well as performances with the Jerusalem Symphony, Symphonette Ra’anan, among appearances at several international music festivals. Nahar began cello lessons in 2011 and has studied with Hillel Zori and with Laurence Lesser. She has received the highest scholarship honours from the America-Israel Culture Foundation, Zefunot Culture Foundation and Ronen-Foundation of Music.
Le violoncelliste Bryan Cheng a été nommé lauréat du Prix Yves Paternot en 2022, un honneur décerné au musicien le plus accompli et le plus prometteur de la Verbier Festival Academy. Il a également été nommé sixième lauréat du Concours Reine Elisabeth (Bruxelles) plus tôt dans l’année et a remporté le premier prix de l’UNISA International Strings Competition à Pretoria. Il a remporté le deuxième prix et le prix du public au Concours international de musique de Genève 2021. Le violoncelliste canadien a donné son premier récital à guichets fermés au Carnegie Hall à l’âge de 14, à l’Elbphilharmonie en 2018 avec la Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, et fera ses débuts à la Berliner Philharmonie cette saison avec le Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Parmi les solos marquants des saisons récentes et à venir, citons l’Orchestre symphonique de Saint-Pétersbourg au Musical Olympus Festival, l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal au Festival de Lanaudière, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande au Victoria Hall, l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts d’Ottawa et l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Helsinki. Bryan Cheng a sorti une trilogie d’albums primés sur le label allemand audite et joue sur le violoncelle Stradivarius « Bonjour » de 1696, prêté par la Banque d’instruments de musique du Conseil des Arts du Canada.
Lynn Renouil-Hata began cello at age seven. She has had success at several international competitions, including First Prizes at the Vatelot-Rampal Competition and the International FLAME Competition in Paris. Gautier Capuçon has served as a mentor and coach to Lynn ever since she was named a winner of the well-known France2 programme, Prodiges, in 2020. The young cellist is regularly invited to play as soloist, both in France and abroad, including concerts at the Marcello Theatre in Rome and the Classissimo Festival in Brussels. Lynn studies with Annie Cochet-Zakine and Marie-Paule Milone at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris. She is also coached by Raphaël Pidoux, professor at the Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
Cornelius Zirbo was born in Cluj Napoca where he began his musical studies at age nine. He is now studying at the National University of Music Bucharest under the mentorship of Marin Cazacu. In 2016-2017 was in the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle of Gautier Capuçon, held at Fondation Louis Vuitton. He has given recitals and concerts with orchestra in prestigious venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Rudolfinum in Prague, St Martin-in-the-Fields (London), National Library Concert Hall (Beijing) and The Grand Hall of Romanian Athenaeum (Bucharest). He is an alumnus of the 2017 Verbier Festival Academy and has taken part in masterclasses at the Kronberg Academy, Barenboim-Said Akademie, Accademia europea di Palazzo Ricci Montepulciano, George Enescu Festival, and Lisbon’s Verão Classico Festival 2021 in Lisabon. He plays a modern cello made by Frank Ravatin provided by Le fonds instrumental of ‘Musique et Vin au Clos Vougeot’.
Andrew Byun is a Canadian cellist currently pursuing his Masters of Music with Natasha Brofsky at The Juilliard School. He has appeared in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Jian Wang, Frans Helmerson, and Laurence Lesser among others and has worked closely with the Borromeo, Brentano, Dover, and Emerson Quartets. Andrew has performed solo at Jordan Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts and has been featured on the WMFT radio station and NPR’s From The Top as a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. A passionate chamber musician, he has been invited to the Taos School of Music, I-M-S Prussia Cove, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest. Andrew attended the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music in Philosophy and Cello Performance. He has studied with Hans Jorgen Jensen, Myung-wha Chung, Yeesun Kim.
Amy Goto began the cello at age three and has studied with Philippe Muller since the age of 12. In 2020 she became the youngest member of the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle de Gautier Capuçon at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Her debut as soloist with orchestra took place at age 9 with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and in 2015 she received the ‘Hope’ Award at the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. She has been featured on NPR’s From the Top and TEDx University of Rhode Island. At Musica Mundi in 2016, she performed in the closing gala concert as soloist with the festival orchestra and was the youngest semifinalist at the Mazzacurati Competition in 2019. During the summers, Amy has studied at Musica Mundi, Music@Menlo, and Domaine Forget. She currently resides in Rhode Island (USA).
Alejandro Viana commence à étudier le violoncelle à l’âge de sept ans. Il a étudié avec María de Macedo et Lluis Claret à Barcelone. Il étudie actuellement à la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (Madrid) avec Ivan Monighetti. Alejandro a participé à la Verbier Festival Academy en 2021 et, en 2018/19, a été membre de la classe d’excellence de violoncelle de Gautier Capuçon. Il a obtenu les premiers prix de plusieurs concours, notamment le Concours International de Musique de Manhattan, le Concours international de violoncelle de Llanes (Espagne) et le Concours international Karl Davidov (Lettonie). Il a participé à des festivals tels que l’IMS Prussia Cove, le Rutesheim Festival et le Santander Festival. En tant que soliste, Alejandro s’est produit avec l’Orchestre de chambre Andrés Segovia, les Solistes de Zagreb et l’Orchestre symphonique Freixenet, entre autres. Il a récemment fait ses débuts au Carnegie Hall.