Yo-Yo Ma's Obama Groove

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Uploaded by on Jan 16, 2009

He's known throughout the world as one of the greatest classical musicians. Now, as Michelle Miller reports, Yo-Yo Ma will perform a new composition at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration.

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  • That man is god with a cello

  • SHE PLAYED HIS CELLO!!!!! OMG!!! I got to have a masterclass with him. A couple of months before he played at the Inauguration.

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  • she... touched.... his... cello. O_O

  • Well I guess I found one thing I don't like about Yo Yo Ma... He kept is communism!!! Other then that... I really love Yo Yo Ma :3

  • Got to play for him once, myself. He's one of the most positive, humble people I've ever met.

  • i love yo yo ma, I've seen him once in my life during a rehearsal and it's so awesome to hear him talk to the other performers. But I kind of dislike John Williams because he took a lot of his ideas from Shostakovich - sorry, sort of random, but shostakovich doesn't get nearly as much credit as he deserves.

  • you should be gratefull lady, you touched his cello <333

  • Oh God, NO YO YO, YOU DIDN'T DO IT! lol

  • I play viola. Once, in orchestra class, my teacher told us a story about this guy. It goes like this: Okay, so, you know how he has this awesome cello who no one can replicate, right? Well, one time he was on his way to a concert, in a taxi. When he got there, he got out and ran. Only one thing missing, right? HIS CELLO!!!! So, the taxi drives off and halfway to the stage, he realizes he forgot his cello! The taxi guy comes back, gives him the cello back, and gets payed $100. Happy ever after.

  • 2:53 nice teeth ^^

  • 2:36 always cracks me up :)

    Yo Yo Ma is someone worth being inspired by, I play cello and even though I have perfect pitch and can copy tunes by ear on the cello and other instrumetns, I will NEVER be as good as he will.

  • Do you know why yo yo is so good? 3 reasons. 1. Passion and practice 2. Years of experience 3. He was taught by the best cello teacher who ever lived, leonard rose.

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