I'm torn between "Whut??" and "Best of the web" posted by infini at 10:31 AM on December 31, 2011
Yo-Yo Ma is near (if not at the top) of my list of entertainers that I respect and admire. You've got to love this guy. posted by tomswift at 10:34 AM on December 31, 2011
Great. The PR machine for The Hangover Part III is already up and running. posted by Clyde Mnestra at 10:38 AM on December 31, 2011 [2 favorites]
That's a fabulous -interview - from the silly to the sublime and back.
I was lucky enough to watch Yo-Yo Ma do a master class a few years ago. He worked with a mix of grad students and high school students. A high school trio were doing a ferociously difficult piece and they were playing it technically well but with no emotion - obviously and not unreasonably full of fear at playing for such a great musician. It's a piece that starts with some very emphatic chords and they were just not hitting the emotion at all. Yo-Yo got up and said to them that they needed to just "barf it out" - mimicking hurling noises in the correct rhythm. After everyone stopped cracking up the kids played it again - and nailed it. He's a great teacher. posted by leslies at 11:30 AM on December 31, 2011 [5 favorites]
I worked at an arts promotion company. Yo-Yo Ma gave me a hug after Alan Dershowitz cursed me out in front of a large group of people. True story. (Yo-Yo Ma is a good hugger.) posted by pxe2000 at 11:58 AM on December 31, 2011 [5 favorites]
I want a poster of that photo. It's surreal and delightful. I read the other links (didn't have time to watch the interview right now) but I love the image in a context-free way. I don't care why or how it happened. I just love that it did. posted by darksong at 1:14 PM on December 31, 2011
Originally I was going to post just the picture as my entry into the best post of 2011 in the single link category. posted by cjorgensen at 2:57 PM on December 31, 2011
I didn't think I could love Yo-Yo Ma any more than I began to after seeing his Mr. Rogers appearance. Huh. Turns out I was wrong. (Runs back to look at picture again. And again. And again.) posted by theplotchickens at 5:20 PM on December 31, 2011
Yo-Yo Ma gave me a hug after Alan Dershowitz cursed me out in front of a large group of people.
This totally confirms the personalities I would have guessed for both of them. posted by benito.strauss at 6:17 PM on December 31, 2011
when i saw the 'previously' link on the front page i figured it was linking to the last time yo yo ma posed on the floor of a bathroom with a wombat. posted by lester at 7:01 PM on December 31, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ooo, thank you for the link! I saw the picture a few weeks ago and was somehow utterly unable to find any context for it. That's awesome! posted by MadGastronomer at 1:27 AM on January 1
posted by infini at 10:31 AM on December 31, 2011