Yo Yo Ma & Jeffrey Kahane ft. Harmonium of Texas
Lila Cockrell Theatre, 200 E. Market, 78205 San Antonio Directions
Mon 16.11.2026 19:30
Join Harmonium of Texas for a special one-night-only performance featuring legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma with Artistic Director & pianist Jeffrey Kahane on Monday, November 16, 2026, at Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio. The program includes Rachmaninoff's Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op. 19, Andrea Casarrubios's Herencia, and Dvo?ák's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor (side-by-side with YOSA). This unforgettable evening marks one of the highlights of Harmonium's inaugural season. For additional information about Harmonium of Texas and the 2026?2027 season, visit www.harmoniumoftexas.org
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Yo Yo MaYo-Yo Ma is a world-famous Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world and has made over 50 albums.
He was born to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976.
Yo-Yo Ma has been called "the most omnivorous of all cellists" by critics and indeed possesses a far more eclectic repertoire than typical for a classical player. He has performed and recorded Baroque pieces on period instruments, American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the Argentinian tangos of Astor Piazzolla, Brazilian music, the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Philip Glass's minimalist score of Naqoyqatsi in addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire. His latest CD is a collaboration with other musicians for the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack.
Nowadays, his main performance instrument is a very fine Montagnana cello from Venice, made in 1733. He also plays regurlarly a Davidoff Stradivarius from 1712.