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Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (October 7, 1955 -), a Chinese-American cellist, was born in Yin County, Zhejiang Province (now Ningbo City), and was born in Paris, France. He has recorded more than 90 albums and won 18 Grammy Awards. Yo-Yo Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006. He was awarded the Glenn Gould Award in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, and the Polar Music Award in 2012. Yo-Yo Ma was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020 by Time.
- Category
- Musicians
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1955-10-07
- Wikidata
- Q234891
