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Yo-Yo Ma

1955 - Today

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Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard University. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, recorded more than 92 albums, and received 19 Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yo-Yo Ma is the 434th most popular composer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 1,867th most popular biography from France (down from 1,785th in 2019) and the 69th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Yo-Yo Ma ranks 434 out of 1,451Before him are Franz Schmidt, Federico Mompou, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Albert Lortzing, Johann Kirnberger, and Johann Schein. After him are Ethel Smyth, Ferdinand Ries, William Walton, Leopold Koželuch, Alexandre Guilmant, and Vladimir Cosma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yo-Yo Ma ranks 93Before him are Adem Jashari, Mark Hollis, Michael Rooker, Matthias Jabs, Meles Zenawi, and Alessandro Altobelli. After him are Deborra-Lee Furness, John O. Brennan, Mira Furlan, Simon Rattle, Yuriy Sedykh, and Jeff Koons.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yo-Yo Ma ranks 1,867 out of 6,770Before him are Louis de Beaufront (1855), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Jean Picard (1620), and Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933). After him are Léon Cogniet (1794), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), Hubert Lyautey (1854), and Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Yo-Yo Ma ranks 69Before him are Henri Dutilleux (1916), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Georges Delerue (1925), Mélanie Bonis (1858), and Georg Muffat (1653). After him are Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), Florent Schmitt (1870), and Théodore Dubois (1837).