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Created by carsonyoyo on Mar 21, 2011

Last updated: 04/08/11 at 11:10 AM

• At age 44
  1999

  Known for his irrepressible character, Ma played bluegrass cello at Carnegie Hall in 1999.

• At age 41 and 42
  1997 to 1998

  Ma released recordings of the six unaccompanied Bach suites for cello in 1997 and 1998, for the second time in his career. Ma released Soul of the Tango on sony classes, after delving into most other American genres.

• At age 38
  1993

  In 1993 RCA Victor released Ma's rendition of "Variations on a Rococo Theme," recorded live at the Tchaikovsky: Gala in Leningrad, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth. Ma went to the Kalahari Desert to record with the Bushmen.

• At age 36
  1991

  In January 1991, Ma performed the entire collection of six Bach suites as a single concert at Carnegie Hall

• At age 35
  1990

  Ma's repertoire and credits by the end of the 1990's included performances with jazz vocalists, country fiddlers, tango musicians, and other non-classical artists.

• At age 34
  1989

  In 1989, he gave a solo performance at a United Nations Day concert with Charles Dutoit conducting.

• At age 32
  1987

  In 1987, Ma performed at the grand reopening of the renovated Carnegie Hall.

• At age 22
  1977

  He made his first recording when he was twenty two and when onto produce more than 50 albums.

• At age 15
  1970

  When he completed high school at the age 15, Ma enrolled at the Juilliard School.

• Finest cellist
  1970 to 1970

  In the late 1965's to the early 1970's he ranked among the finest cellist of the twentieth century.

• 10 years old
  1965

  He was ten when he made his New York concert debut at Carnegie Hall.

• At age 8
  1963

  Leonard Bernstein invited Ma and his sister to perform with other youngsters at the "American Pageant of the Arts" in Washington D.C.

• 7 years old
  1962

  At seven he performed in a concert to promote and preserue American culture.

• 5 years old
  1960

  Yo-Yo was five when played his first consert.

• 4 years old
  1959

  Yo-Yo was four when he learned to play the cello.

• 2 years old
  1957

  When he was two he loved to sing. He sang a song about a jumping frog.

• Birth
  Oct 7, 1955

  Paris, France