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NEWS ABOUT: Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma stories: 3 news summaries

Yo-Yo Ma 'Finger-Synched' Inauguration Gig

Performers decided to play along to tape in 'wicked cold'

Jan 23, 09 5:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The somber classical sounds that filled the Washington Mall ahead of Barack Obama's swearing-in came from a tape, reports the New York Times. When Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and the rest of the quartet realized that the freezing weather and strong winds would likely wreak havoc with their instruments they... More »

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violin • musician • inauguration • Inauguration Day • Yo-Yo Ma • Itzhak Perlman

Aretha, Rick Warren on Tap for Inauguration Day

John Williams will compose new music for Obama's landmark occasion

Dec 17, 08 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Aretha Franklin will participate in Barack Obama’s inauguration next month, the New York Times reports, with the Queen of Soul hitting the stage after evangelical leader Rick Warren gives the invocation. Obama has also commissioned composer John Williams to write a new piece of music for the ceremony—to... More »

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Barack Obama • Aretha Franklin • inauguration • Rick Warren • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Yo-Yo Ma • President-elect Obama • John Williams • Itzhak Perlman

 Kennedy Hails New 
 'Season of  Hope' 

We 'live on in the future we make,' he tells Harvard audience

Dec 2, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy was honored with an honorary degree yesterday in a poignant ceremony at Harvard where he spoke of a "renewed" destiny and reminisced about the days when his life of promise stretched before him. Kennedy appeared strong and in high spirits, despite battling brain cancer, reports the... More »

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cancer • Joe Biden • Ted Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • Harvard • honorary degree • malignant tumor • Sanders Theatre • Yo-Yo Ma

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