Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works for cello, bringing communities together to explore culture’s role in society, or engaging unexpected musical forms, Yo-Yo strives to foster connections that stimulate the imagination and reinforce our humanity.
[Song to the Moon]Opera[Rusalka]Dvorák/top10 cellists
Rusalka's [song to the Moon] from Antonín Dvo?ák opera Rusalka/
top 10 cellists
Cello or Opera, which one do you like?
The emotional impact of music is highly subjective, and individuals may have different responses and interpretations based on their personal experiences and sensitivities. Cello Dvorak Rusalka [Song to the Moon], but not the Opera soprano, got my eyes swollen in tears and crying. why?
“Song to the Moon” from Antonín Dvo?ák’s opera Rusalka. This aria is known for its hauntingly beautiful melody and emotional depth. The lyrics express the longing and sadness of the water nymph Rusalka, who wishes to become human in order to experience love.
In the opera, Rusalka falls in love with a human prince and seeks the help of a witch to transform her into a human. However, this transformation comes at a cost – Rusalka loses her voice and ability to speak. Despite her sacrifice, the prince is unable to fully reciprocate her love, leading to heartbreak and tragedy.
The combination of Dvo?ák’s evocative music and the poignant story of unrequited love and sacrifice in Rusalka can elicit strong emotional reactions from listeners. The beauty and sadness of the music, along with the dramatic context of the opera, can touch the depths of one’s emotions and bring tears to their eyes.
Song to the moon / Dvorak "Rusalka" (Cello by Gautier Capuçon / Concert de Paris Tour Eiffel 14th July 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLEvXrCgDtY
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"Song to the Moon" from the opera "Rusalka," Op. 114 by Antonin Dvorak premiered March 31, 1901. Orchestrated for band by Senior Chief Scott Silbert United States Navy Concert Band conductor: Capt. Brian Walden soprano: Musician 1st Class Susan Kavinski Recorded at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas, Vir. in May 2015. "Song to the Moon" is perhaps one of the most beautiful arias ever written for soprano voice. The aria takes place early in the first act of the opera "Rusalka" by Antonin Dvorak. The protagonist, Rusalka, is a water nymph who falls in love with a human prince she views swimming in her lake. As a water nymph, she is invisible to humans, so she prays to the rising moon in a heart-wrenching aria to reveal her love to the human.]]]
Top 10 the greatest living cellists of our time:
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Mischa Maisky
- Steven Isserlis
- Gautier Capuçon
- Sol Gabetta
- Lynn Harrell
- Truls Mørk
- Alisa Weilerstein
- Jian Wang (below for his performance)
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
My favorite Hauser, whose full name is Stjepan Hauser, is a highly talented cellist who gained significant popularity as a member of the duo 2Cellos. While he may not be traditionally considered one of the greatest cellists of our time in terms of classical repertoire, his unique style and virtuosity have garnered him a large fan base and recognition in the music industry.
HAUSER - Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKzfWtrK1Bs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hk7CSDD-kQ&list=PL2QqKNSv2fD3gVMNusWEhwOMMTPOkm7aK
Song to the Moon from Antonin Dvorak's opera Rusalka -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90WNleRmWiI
The Latvian National Opera Orchestra conductor: Mārti?š Ozoli?š Rusalka (Antonín Dvo?ák) [Song to the Moon] She was awarded Latvijas Gāze Annual Opera Award (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trfLkYpOglA?
Renee Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano specializing in opera and lieder.
Jian Wang playing Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations
China National Symphony Zuo Huang Chen live Tokyo 1999
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Most recently, Yo-Yo began Our Common Nature, a cultural journey to celebrate the ways that nature can reunite us in pursuit of a shared future. Our Common Nature follows the Bach Project, a 36-community, six-continent tour of J. S. Bach’s cello suites paired with local cultural programming. Both endeavors reflect Yo-Yo’s lifelong commitment to stretching the boundaries of genre and tradition to understand how music helps us to imagine and build a stronger society.
Yo-Yo is an advocate for a future guided by humanity, trust, and understanding. Among his many roles, Yo-Yo is a United Nations Messenger of Peace, the first artist ever appointed to the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees, a member of the board of Nia Tero, the US-based nonprofit working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and movements worldwide, and the founder of the global music collective Silkroad.
As musicians, we transcend technique in order to seek out the truths in our world in a way that gives meaning and sustenance to individuals and communities. That’s art for life’s sake.
YO-YO MA, NANCY HANKS LECTURE, APRIL 8, 2013
His discography of more than 120 albums (including 19 Grammy Award winners) ranges from iconic renditions of the Western classical canon to recordings that defy categorization, such as “Hush” with Bobby McFerrin and the “Goat Rodeo Sessions” with Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile. Yo-Yo’s recent releases include “Six Evolutions,” his third recording of Bach’s cello suites, and “Songs of Comfort and Hope,” created and recorded with pianist Kathryn Stott in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yo-Yo’s latest album, “Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 and Op. 1, No. 3,” is the second in a new series of Beethoven recordings with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
Yo-Yo was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four and three years later moved with his family to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the National Medal of the Arts (2001), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010), Kennedy Center Honors (2011), the Polar Music Prize (2012), and the Birgit Nilsson Prize (2022). He has performed for nine American presidents, most recently on the occasion of President Biden’s inauguration.
Yo-Yo and his wife have two children. He plays three instruments: a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.
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