 Harper Collins and Harper Audio present Playing at the Border, A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho read by Kevin Shen On the banks of the Rio Grande feet planted on the soil of one nation eyes gazing at the shores of another Yo-Yo Ma played a solo accompanied by an orchestra of wind and water Fed by the snow-capped mountains of Colorado and flowing into the Gulf of Mexico the Rio Grande became a boundary dividing two countries that used to be one Yo-Yo Ma made music on riverbanks that separated people into Mexican, American, Citizen, Immigrant though they, we, were, are, one feet planted on the soil of one nation facing the shores of another Yo-Yo Ma closed his eyes as music poured from his heart through his hands he was a prodigy who chose the cello because the double bass was too big and he played Bach but could barely see above the kitchen table precise placement of his fingertips produced perfect notes memorized when he was four three years before he performed for Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy 26 years before he won his first Grammy 47 years before he became a United Nations Messenger of Peace and 52 years before he accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom Born in France to Chinese parents and raised in the United States Yo-Yo Ma challenges convention and weaves worlds together he designed a garden set to song united musicians across the Silk Road and translated classical sounds into hip-hop movements he finds Sample complete. Ready to continue?