Happy birthday, Yo-Yo Ma!

Wishing a very happy 70th birthday to the incomparable American cellist Yo-Yo Ma!

Born to Chinese parents living in Paris, Ma began studying the cello with his father at age four. Three years later, he moved with his family to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School to study with Leonard Rose. A prolific recording artist, Ma is the recipient of 19 Grammy awards and has performed for nine American presidents. He has received numerous recognitions, including the National Medal of the Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Birgit Nilsson Prize, the Polar Music Prize and a Kennedy Center Honors, among numerous others. Ma has been a UN Messenger of Peace since 2006 and was recognized as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

Since making his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1979 and on the Allied Arts (now Symphony Center Presents) series in 1981, Ma has been one the most frequent visitors to the Orchestra Hall stage. Since then — over the course of five decades — he has appeared with the CSO as soloist in Orchestra Hall, at the Ravinia Festival and in Carnegie Hall, as well as on several recordings. A complete list of Ma’s appearances is below.

December 13, 14, and 15, 1979, Orchestra Hall
KABALEVSKY Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

July 1, 1982, Ravinia Festival
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D Major
Charles Dutoit, conductor

August 11, 1984, Ravinia Festival
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

November 5 and 7, 1986, Orchestra Hall
MOZART Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364
Isaac Stern, violin
Claudio Abbado, conductor

November 6 and 8, 1986, Orchestra Hall
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 (Double)
Isaac Stern, violin
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Recorded in Orchestra Hall on November 8, 1986. For Sony, Bud Graham was the control engineer, Tim Geelan was the post-production engineer, Tom MacClskey was the editing engineer and Hank Altman was the remote technical supervisor.

February 22, 23, 24, and 27, 1990, Orchestra Hall
LADERMAN Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

October 6, 1990, Orchestra Hall
Gala Centennial Concert
HAYDN Allegro molto from Cello Concerto in C Major
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

August 6, 1993, Ravinia Festival
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

May 5, 6, and 7, 1994, Orchestra Hall
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

July 27, 1996, Ravinia Festival
BOCCHERINI Cello Concerto in B-flat Major
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33
James Conlon, conductor

September 20, 1996, Orchestra Hall
Opening Night and Musicians’ Pension Fund Concert
ELGAR Cello Concert in E Minor, Op. 85
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

September 26, 27, and 28, 1996, Orchestra Hall
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 (Double)
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded live by Teldec. Renate Kupfer was the executive producer, Martin Sauer was the recording producer, Michael Brammann was the recording engineer, Philipp Nedel and John Newton were assistant engineers and Stefan Witzel was the digital editor.

October 6, 1997, Carnegie Hall
ELGAR Cello Concert in E Minor, Op. 85
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

August 26, 1998, Ravinia Festival
BLOCH Schelomo
STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op. 35
Charles Pikler, viola
Ascher Fisch, conductor

January 7, 8, and 9, 1999, Orchestra Hall
HARBISON Cello Concerto
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 26, 1999, Ravinia Festival
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C Major
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 239
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

January 6, 7, and 8, 2000, Orchestra Hall
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 25, 2000, Ravinia Festival
SAINT-SAËNS La muse et le poète, Op. 132
Robert Chen, violin
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

September 15, 2000, Orchestra Hall
Opening Night Gala
LALO Cello Concerto in D Minor
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 22, 2001, Ravinia Festival
BOCCHERINI Cello Concerto in B-flat Major
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

September 27, 28, and 29, 2001, Orchestra Hall
October 18, 2001, Carnegie Hall
BRUCH Kol nidre, Op. 47
Performed in memory of Isaac Stern, who died on September 22, 1001
CARTER Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

October 24, 25, and 26, 2002, Orchestra Hall
KALHOR (arr. Kalhor/Prutsman) Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
Silk Road Ensemble

November 12, 2003, Orchestra Hall
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Centennial Benefit Concert
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
David Zinman, conductor

January 16, 2004, Orchestra Hall
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

August 6, 2006, Ravinia Festival
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C Major
GOLIJOV Azul
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

September 30, 2006, Orchestra Hall
Opening Night
YANOV-YANOVSKY Night Music: Voice in the Leaves
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

April 12, 13, and 17, 2007, Orchestra Hall
ZHOU Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets from Poems from Tang for String Quartet and Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen and Jonathan Gandelsman, violins
Nicholas Cords, viola
Traditional/Sang and Magpie Ambush from Ten Sides
Wu Man, pipa
Wu Tong, sheng and xun
Liu Lin, guitar
BLOCH Schelomo
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Schelomo was recorded live for CSO Resound and Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets and Ambush from Ten Sides was recorded live for Sony. David Frost was the producer and editor, Christopher Willis was the recording engineer, Tom Lazarus and Frost were the mixing engineers and Richard King was the mastering engineer. The CSO Resound release won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album–Classical.

August 20 and 21, 2008, Orchestra Hall
Special non-subscription concerts
WILLIAMS Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams, conductor
Recorded live for Sony. John Williams was the producer and Christopher Willis was the recording engineer.

January 9, 2009, Orchestra Hall
Musicians’ Pension Fund Concert
GOLIJOV Azul
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

August 14, 2009, Ravinia Festival
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
James Conlon, conductor

May 13, 14, and 15, 2010, Orchestra Hall
YANOV-YANOVSKY Cello Concerto
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

May 12, 13, and 14, 2011, Orchestra Hall
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Riccardo Muti, conductor

May 17, 2011, Orchestra Hall
Corporate Night
WILLIAMS Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams, conductor

August 5, 2011, Ravinia Festival
TCHAIKOVKY Andante cantabile from String Quartet in D Major, Op. 11
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33
James Conlon, conductor

May 5 and 6, 2012, Orchestra Hall
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

May 10 and 11, 2012, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D Major
Ton Koopman, conductor

February 28, March 1, and 2, 2013, Orchestra Hall
LUTOSŁAWSKI Cello Concerto
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

January 30, 31, and February 1, 2014, Orchestra Hall
SOLLIMA Antidotum Tarantulae, Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra (world premiere)
Giovanni Sollima, cello
Riccardo Muti, conductor

March 19, 20, and 21, 2015, Orchestra Hall
SAINT-SAËNS La muse et le poète, Op. 132
Robert Chen, violin
LALO Cello Concerto in D Minor
Charles Dutoit, conductor

February 25, 26, 27, and March 1, 2016, Orchestra Hall
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

March 9, 10, and 11, 2017, Orchestra Hall
SALONEN Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

June 14, 15, and 16, 2018, Orchestra Hall
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126
Riccardo Muti, conductor

May 1, 2023, Orchestra Hall
Musicians’ Pension Fund Concert
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Yo-Yo Ma also has performed on the Allied Arts and Symphony Center Presents series along with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s Institute for Learning, Access, and Training and the Negaunee Music Institute. All concerts listed below were given in Orchestra Hall unless otherwise noted.

February 8, 1981
BEETHOVEN Sonata in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
BRAHMS Sonata in F Major, Op. 99
Emanuel Ax, piano
January 12, 1986
PENDERECKI Cello Concerto No. 2
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor

September 27, 1987
BACH Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028
HINDEMITH Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25, No. 3
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108 (arranged for cello by Yo-Yo Ma)
Patricia Zander, piano

December 9, 1990
BRAHMS Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C Minor from the F-A-E Sonata
FAURÉ Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 1
BRAHMS Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Isaac Stern, violin
Jaime Laredo, viola
Emanuel Ax, piano

December 2, 1992
CRUMB Sonata for Solo Cello
BACH Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
KIRCHNER For Solo Cello
PAGANINI Nos. 11, 9, and 24 from Caprices, Op. 1
WILDE The Cellist of Sarajevo, Op. 12
BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

April 18, 1993
BOCCHERINI Quintet in E Major, Op. 13, No. 5, G. 275
BRAHMS Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
SCHUBERT Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Isaac Stern and Cho-Liang Lin, violins
Jaime Laredo and Michael Tree, violas
Sharon Robinson, piano

May 8, 1994
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 (Arpeggione)
BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Daniel Barenboim, piano

May 1, 1996
BEETHOVEN Twelve Variations in F Major on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Op. 66
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Emanuel Ax, piano

September 29, 1996
BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
BRAHMS Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114
BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
Larry Combs, clarinet
Daniel Barenboim, piano

January 13, 1998
STRAVINSKY Suite italienne
BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
BERNSTEIN Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (arranged for cello by Yo-Yo Ma)
GERSHWIN/Heifetz Three Preludes
PIAZZOLLA/Assad Andante
PIAZZOLLA/Assad Allegro
PIAZZOLLA Le Grand Tango
Kathryn Stott, piano

February 25, 1998
MOZART Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
SCHUMANN Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
BRAHMS Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
Isaac Stern, violin
Jaime Laredo, viola
Emanual Ax, piano

March 8, 1998 (3:30 p.m.)
BACH Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
BACH Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
BACH Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

March 8, 1998 (7:00 p.m.)
BACH Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
BACH Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

October 13, 1999
O’CONNOR Appalachia Waltz
SHENG Seven Tunes Heard in China
WILDE The Cellist of Sarajevo, Op. 12
KODÁLY Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello, Op. 8

January 9, 2000
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
CARTER Cello Sonata
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Daniel Barenboim, piano

April 3, 2000
The program was announced from the stage.
Mark O’Connor, violin
Edgar Meyer, bass

November 19, 2000
SCHUMANN Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
BRAHMS Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Robert Chen and Itzhak Perlman, violins
Pinchas Zukerman, viola
Larry Combs, clarinet
Daniel Barenboim, piano

May 21, 2001
BACH Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
BACH Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

May 1, 2002
Traditional Music (China)
ZHAO Moon over Guan Mountains
Classical Music from Azerbaijan
ALI-ZADEH Dervish
KIM Tryst
SHOSTAKOVICH Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Silk Road Ensemble

October 25, 2002
SHARAV Legend of Herlen
SHARAFYAN The Sun, the Wine, and the Wind of Time
CHEN YI Ning
MAMIYA Five Finnish Folk Songs
RAVEL Trio in A Minor
Silk Road Ensemble

May 13, 2003
MOZART Trio in C Major, K. 548
BEETHOVEN Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost)
MENDELSSOHN Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Daniel Barenboim, piano

January 16, 2005
CHOPIN Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
DEBUSSY Sonata
FRANCK Sonata in A Major (Version for Cello and Piano)
Daniel Barenboim, piano

April 8, 2005
Various (China and Iran) Silk Road Suite
Collected by KImitas Vartabed/arr. S. Aslamazyan Armenian Folk Songs
Various (Azerbaijan) Azerie Suite
DAS Tarang
ALI-ZADEHJ Mugan-sajahy
Various (France and Romania) Music of the Roma
PERAPASKERO (arr. Golijov and Ljova) Turceasca
Silk Road Ensemble

April 15, 2007
Traditional Chinese Rainbow Dance
HUANG Galloping Horses
ZIPORYN Sulvasutra
ABOU-KHALIL Arabian Waltz
KIM/Umezaki When the Wind Circles . . .
DAS Shristi
KALHOR The Silent City
PERAPASKERO (arr. Golijov and Ljova) Turceasca
Silk Road Ensemble

April 20, 2007
ADLER Music for a Royal Palace
Chinese Traditional (arr. Lin) Yanzi
LAM Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain
KIM Once We Were . . .
YANOV-YANOVSKY Paths of Parables
GOLIJOV Night of Flying Horses
GOLIJOV Lua Descolorida
Silk Road Ensemble

March 24, 2010
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 (Arpeggione)
SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40
PIAZZOLLA Le Grand Tango
GISMONTI and CARNEIRO Bodas de Prata & Quatro Canos
FRANCK/Delsart Sonata A Major
Kathryn Stott, piano

January 30, 2011
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
BRAHMS Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114
MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 47
SCHUMANN Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Robert Chen, Jaime Gorgojo, Robert Hanford, and Susan Synnestvedt, violins
Catherine Brubaker and Rami Solomonow, violas
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Emanuel Ax, piano

March 18, 2012
MARTINŮ Suite from La revue de cuisine
ZYMAN Selections from Suite for Two Cellos
SOLLIMA Violincelles, Vibrez!
BRAHMS Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Op. 34
Robert Chen, Stephanie Jeong and John Xia, violins
Diane Mues, viola
Loren Brown, Kenneth Olsen, Richard Hirschl, Daniel Katz, Katinka Kleijn, John Sharp, Gary Stucka and Brant Taylor, cellos
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Dana Jackson, bassoon
Rachel Serber, trumpet
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

April 29, 2012
MARIANO/Calandrelli Cristal
PIAZZOLLA Milonga en Re
VILLA-LOBOS/Calandrelli Alma Brasileira
PIAZZLLA/Yamamoto Oblivion
GUARNIERI/Calandrelli Dansa Negra
GISOMONTI/Assad Palhaço
VILLA-LOBOS/Assad Melodia sentimental
LEVY/Assad Baião de 5
PEIXE/Assad Mourão
PIAZZOLLA Medley of Three Brazilian Songs
JOBIM/Assad Amparo
JOBIM/Assad Stone Flower
ASSAD Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina
ASSAD and ASSAD Back to Our Roots Suite
Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad, guitars
Kathryn Stott, piano
Joseph Gramley, percussion

May 7, 2012, Benito Juarez Community Academy
FALLA/Colón Seven Popular Spanish Songs
ZYMAN Selections from Suite for Two Cellos
BRAHMS Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Op. 34
Robert Chen and Stephanie Jeong, violins
Diane Mues, viola
John Sharp, cello
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

October 13, 2012
ZORN/Blumenkranz, Gandelsman, Pato, and Shanahan Suite from Book of Angels
JACOBSEN Atashgah
IYER Playlist for an Extreme Occasion
YANOV-YANOVSKY Sacred Signs: Concerto for Thirteen Musicians
Silk Road Ensemble

May 15, 2013
BACH/Yanov-Yanovsky Two-Part Inventions
DVOŘÁK Quartet for Strings No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (American)
BEETHOVEN Septet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Yuan-Qing Yu and Hermine Gagné, violins
Jonas Benson and Li-Kuo Chang, violas
Alexander Hanna, bass
Jennifer Gunn, flute
Megan Kyle, oboe
J. Lawrie Bloom and Stephen Williamson, clarinets
William Buchman, bassoon
Daniel Gingrich, horn
Tage Larsen, trumpet
Charles Vernon, trombone
Robert Kistler and Cynthia Yeh, percussion

February 21, 2014
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
BRAHMS Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 78
DEAN Hommage à Brahms
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
Emanuel Ax, piano

March 6, 2015
UMEZAKI Side In, Side Out
SOLLIMA Taranta Project
PEREZ The Latina 6/8 Suite
LIN Paramita
DAS/Kalhor Jugalbandi
AZMEH Wedding
Silk Road Ensemble

May 17, 2015
RAVEL Chansons madécasses
AUCOIN Dual (world premiere)
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Stephanie Jeong and Baird Dodge, violins
Alexander Hanna, bass
Jennifer Gunn, flute
J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet
Orion Weiss, piano

June 12, 2016
Incan Traditional/Block Hanacpachap
ARAÑÉS/Block Chacona: A La Vida Bona
GERVAISE/Dejardin Four Dances from the Third Book of Danceries
BEY/Block Nikriz Pesrev
JACOBSEN Mirror for a Prince
SHANAHAN Saidi Swing
DIAZ de LEON Anima
SOLLIMA Guglielmo Scrollalanza
SALINAS/Block Romance del Conde Claros
Ashley Bathgate, Mike Block, Loren Brown, Richard Hirschl, Katinka Kleijn, John Sharp and Jeffrey Zeigler, cellos
Shane Shanahan and Cynthia Yeh, percussion

April 24, 2017
The program was announced from the stage.
Edgar Meyer, bass
Chris Thile, mandolin

June 11, 2017, Saint Sabina Church
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
DVOŘÁK Fourth movement from Quartet for Strings No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (American)
JOPLIN/Clark Maple Leaf Rag
ELLINGTON/Drayton Come Sunday
DANNY/Fink My Love
Traditional/Casals Song of the Birds
Anonymous South African Medley in Honor of Oliver Tambo
GRAHAM and LOVELAND/Fink You Raise Me Up
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Children’s Choir
Josephine Lee, director
Musicians of Saint Sabina Church Ensemble
Musicians from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

February 25, 2018
BRAHMS Trio for Piano and Strings No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
BRAHMS Trio for Piano and Strings No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101
BRAHMS Trio for Piano and Strings No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano

June 10, 2018, Saint Sabina Church
OWENS Believe in Love
BRUMFIELD/Horan and Lee One Day at a Time
PIERCE/Fink Peace and Love, Coby
MARSHBANKS/Horan and Lee One Red Rose
SILVER/Drayton Peace
BOSLEY/Fink Song for Terrell
DVOŘÁK Silent Woods, Op. 68
CHERRY/Horan and Lee Hurricane
BACH Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
FRASIER and WALKER/Dilworth and Goodwin/Owens I Need You to Survive
Takesha Mieshé Kizart, soprano
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano
Journey Allison, mezzo-soprano
Saint Sabina Band
Chicago Children’s Choir
Josephine Lee, director
Musicians From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Musicians From the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Erina Yashima, conductor

June 20, 2019, Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
BACH Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
BACH Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
BACH Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
BACH Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
BACH Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

March 2, 2020
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in B-flat Major, Op. 97 (Archduke)
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano

March 11, 2022
BEETHOVEN/Wosner Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in B-flat Major, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost)
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano

February 3, 2024
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost)
BEETHOVEN/Wosner Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
BEETHOVEN Trio for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano

April 7, 2024
FAURÉ Berceuse, Op. 16
DVOŘÁK Songs My Mother Taught Me
ASSAD Menino
BOULANGER Cantique
FAURÉ Papillon, Op. 77
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40
PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel
FRANCK Violin Sonata in A Major
Kathryn Stott, piano

August 26, 2025, Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
The program was announced from the stage.
Angélique Kidjo, vocals
Thierry Vaton, piano
David Donatien, percussion
Ronnie Lanziolotta, bass
Dave Palazola, drums
Ahmed Gallab, guitar and keyboards
James “Jas” Walton, horns
Corbin Andrick, saxophone
Constantine Alexander, trumpet
Magatte Sow, percussion
Imania Detry, Tosha Alston, Idris Daniel, Victoria Boeteng, Joyce Lindsey and Nafi Diabate, African percussion

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