Does Yo Yo Ma Play the Cello?

He plays three instruments, a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius. For additional information, see: and OFFICIAL BIO FOR THE 2020-2021 SEASON.

Can Yo-Yo Ma play other instruments?

From the earliest possible age, Ma played the violin, piano, and later viola, but settled on cello in 1960 at age four. He jokes that his first choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up cello instead.

How did Yo-Yo Ma learn to play the cello?

Ma's mother was a singer and his father was a composer and teacher of music. ... Having begun violin lessons when he was a toddler, Ma began playing the cello when he was just 4 years old. By age 5, he had reportedly memorized three of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo suites.