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...explored Argentine tangos and Appalachian fiddle ditties, along with Mozart and Bach. On his newest--and 88th!--album, Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon, the world-renowned cellist collaborates with musicians along the ancient trade route that linked China and the West. Yo-Yo Ma spoke with TIME's Josh Tyrangiel from his home in Cambridge, Mass...
Buswell embraced the fluctuations of the music, using the violin as a vehicle for his subtle artistic interpretation. Joining Buswell were his wife, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...
Folk singer James Taylor and Poussaint’s brother-in-law Owen Young, a cellist from the Boston symphony, served as the evening’s opening act, playing two songs before handing the stage over to Cosby...
...trio of Beethoven’s chamber works will be performed including the Kreutzer string quintet. The featured performers are clarinetist Thomas Hill, violinists Ida Levin and Harumi Rhodes, violists Marcus Thompson and Jonathan Vinocour, cellist Ronald Thomas and pianist Mihae Lee. Sanders Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $46/$37/$26/$17. Harvard Box Office...
...Dutch maestro's move East is a mirror image of a process that has been going on worldwide for more than a decade: the gradual Asianizing of Western classical music. Today, Asian-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma not only reigns supreme on his instrument but he is also probably the most famous (and friendliest) face of classical music, as he busily builds bridges between West and East and with the rest of the developing world. A truly global force, Ma's recent projects include a collaboration with Brazilian musicians and, on June 15, a performance in Singapore...