Yo-Yo Ma - Japanese Melodies (1984 Remastered) (2013)

Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 and the Polar Music Prize in 2012. Ma is one of the best-known cellists of the modern age, and is widely considered one of the most talented.
Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music or exploring cultures and musical forms outside the Western classical tradition, Mr. Ma strives to find connections that stimulate the imagination.