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Yo-Yo Ma and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Spano, presented the world premiere of composer Angel Lam’s new work: Awakening From a Disappearing Garden for solo cello and orchestra on October 15, 2009.

Last week the Harvard Graduate School of Education presented a Silk Road Project residency with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble musicians. The series of workshops, panels and discussions culminated in a performance and the presentation of the inaugural Harvard Graduate School of Education Thelma E. Goldberg Arts in Education Award to Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project, a nonprofit artistic, cultural and educational organization founded in 1998 by Mr. Ma to promote innovation and learning through the arts.

…We're here because I wanted to introduce them to some of America's finest, most creative, most accomplished young people. I wanted to come here because I wanted to showcase the value of arts education -- and you put that on display. That fact that it gives the chance to our young people to discover their voices and to develop their talents, this should be an opportunity that is available for every single child in this nation and quite frankly around the world.

At Today’s G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh Yo-Yo Ma and Jason Yoder performed a suite of three pieces: the Turkish composer Adnun Saygun's Partita, The Swan by Saint-Saens, and one Eric Sammut's Rotations. The first piece is for solo cello, the last is for solo marimba, and they played The Swan together.