About Yo-Yo Ma

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   Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wins Denmark's top music prize
   Cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Tuesday won the 2006 Sonning Music Prize, Denmark's top music award.
2. He born in Paris to Chinese parents, Ma began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and moved with his parents to New York shortly after. He graduated from Harvard University in 1976.
3. Ma is an exclusive Sony Classical artist, and his discography of over 50 albums - which have won him 15 Grammy Awards - reflects his wide-ranging interests.
4. Yo-Yo Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world and his recital and chamber music activities.
5. YO-YO AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE LIVE EP EXCLUSIVELY ON iTUNES
   Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble present a 5-track EP recorded live on KCRW, available exclusively at the iTunes Music Store