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  1. Kennedy Center Announces Review of Honors Process

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Kennedy Center board members and an 11-member artist advisory panel. The panel includes actress Debbie Allen, cellist Yo - Yo Ma , Broadway actor Raul Esparza and Joseph Polisi, president of The Juilliard School in New York. It also will include

  2. AARP Calls Jon Huntsman Sexy Despite Views on Entitlements

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    Magazine's 21 sexiest men of 2012. The former Utah Governor shares the distinction with actor George Clooney and musician Yo - Yo Ma as part of the magazine's "Men on Fire 2012? series. Huntsman was the only politician to make the list. "Your

  3. President Obama Says ‘a Lifetime of Greatness’ for Kennedy Center Honorees

    Sun, 4 Dec 2011

    songwriter Neil Diamond, cellist Yo - Yo Ma , jazz musician Sonny Rollins, and actress And about White House frequenter Yo - Yo Ma , Obama joked that he was there so Red Room, The Blue Room, and the Yo - Yo Ma room,” Obama said. Noteworthy

  4. Top 7 Musical Politicians

    Mon, 21 Nov 2011

    Elizabeth II in Buckingham palace, a duet with soul singer Aretha Franklin for charity and a performance alongside cellist Yo - Yo Ma in concert at Washington's Constitution Hall. Kevin Winter/Getty Images 2. Bill Clinton The former president of

  5. Full Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Condoleezza Rice

    Tue, 1 Nov 2011

    STEPHANOPOULOS: You also had the chance to play cello with Yo - Yo Ma . CONDOLEEZZA RICE: I did. Yes. What an extraordinary asked if I wanted to play, and my secretary said, “ Yo - Yo Ma ’s on the phone.” And I said, “You mean the cellist?” And

  6. Oct. 7: 10 Years of War; First Look at Dark Side of Moon; Calif. Elects the ‘Governator’

    Fri, 7 Oct 2011

    Schwarzenegger became the governor-elect. Famous Birthdays 1931 Desmond Tutu 1943 Oliver North 1951 John Mellencamp 1955 Yo - Yo Ma 1959 Simon Cowell 1964 Dan Savage 1968 Thom Yorke 1976 Taylor Hicks Jump back to Oct. 6: Day in History . View more

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  1. America Marks 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

    Fri, 9 Sep 2011

    then read from Psalm 46, which starts, " God is our refuge and strength ." The ceremony also included performances by Yo - Yo Ma , James Taylor and Paul Simon. Among the crowd gathering at the memorial plaza this morning were children too young

  2. Texas Two-Step: Rick Perry Flirts With 2012 Candidacy (The Note)

    Mon, 20 Jun 2011

    the video: http://bit.ly/lcghZO JON HUNTSMAN’S PATH TO 2012. “As guests including Barbra Streisand and Yo Yo Ma mingled in three resplendent rooms in the White House in January to honor President Hu Jintao of China, David Axelrod

  3. The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, June 20, 2011

    Mon, 20 Jun 2011

    Jim Rutenberg: “ For 2012 Hopeful, Envoy Job in China Was a Useful Detour ” As guests including Barbra Streisand and Yo Yo Ma mingled in three resplendent rooms in the White House in January to honor President Hu Jintao of China, David Axelrod

  4. Symphonies Struggle for Survival

    Wed, 6 Apr 2011

    their first pops concert and first classics concert. A now cancelled April performance with world-renowned cellist Yo - Yo Ma sold out too. Changing Musical Tastes According to the National Endowment for the Arts, in the last 25 years paid concert

  5. Person of the Week: Esperanza Spalding, Finding Her Voice Through Jazz

    Fri, 18 Feb 2011

    first defining moment that sort of set off this road of my life as a musician was when I was 5," she said. "I saw Yo - Yo Ma on "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. When I saw that, I said hey, I want to do music." She taught herself to play the

  6. "The Best of Who We Are": Obama Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients

    Tue, 15 Feb 2011

    So when Bill Gates came, he wanted one too,” the president said with a smile. Honoring concert cellist Yo - Yo Ma , the president joked that he was a “late bloomer” starting at the age of five and playing for President Kennedy at the age

  7. The Note: By The Numbers: What’s In And What’s Out Of The Budget (And Who's Complaining)?

    Tue, 15 Feb 2011

    W Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, Maya Angelou, Warren Buffett, Yo - Yo Ma , Boston Celtics Legend Bill Russell, and Hall of Fame first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals’ Stan Musial. ON TODAY

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  1. Celebrate the Season With Yo-Yo Ma

    Mon, 14 Dec 2009

    Earlier multi Grammy winning cellist Yo - Yo ma is celebrating the holiday this season with a CD you on friends' songs of joy and peace now guest artists on this album include

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  2. Yo-Yo Ma Plays at September 11 Memorial

    Sun, 11 Sep 2011

    Cellist plays "Sarabande" as families tour World Trade Center memorial site.

  3. Condoleezza Rice's Best Day in the White House

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

    From playing with Yo-Yo Ma to Vladimir Putin's reaction to the Oval Office.

  4. Pandas Arrive in Scotland; Angry Bird's Cookbook

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

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  1. VIDEO: From playing with Yo-Yo Ma to Vladimir Putin's reaction to the Oval Office.
  2. VIDEO: Yo-Yo Ma at Memorial Service
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  1. Yo-Yo Ma and James Taylor perform the song "Here Comes the Sun."

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