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Yo-Yo Ma
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Yo Ma-Yo MaYO-YO MA
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47
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American cellist (born 1955)
Yo-Yo Ma appears in documents related to "Poetry in America," an educational series created by Elisa New at Harvard. He was a guest participant alongside politicians, artists, and cultural figures.
Yo-Yo Ma is mentioned exclusively in the context of "Poetry in America," a Harvard-based educational poetry series that appears in correspondence found in the documents. He is listed among high-profile guests including Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, and Frank Gehry who participated in episodes exploring American poetry. The mentions span planning documents and pitch materials for the series, where Ma is noted as filming an episode on Emily Dickinson's "I cannot dance upon my Toes" at locations including the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. His presence reflects his role as a cultural ambassador and educator rather than any personal connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
Key Highlights
- •All 17 mentions relate to the "Poetry in America" educational series, not personal interactions
- •Filmed an Emily Dickinson episode with Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, and Bill T. Jones
- •Appears in guest lists alongside other cultural and political figures including presidents and artists
- •Documents are production planning materials and pitches for the Harvard-based series
- •Also mentioned as member of the Silk Road Ensemble in one TED2017 document
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EFTA00315128.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00315128
iverside, CA 92501 Tel: 951.784.0300 www.missioninn.com 5:00PM OPENING in the St Francis of Assisi Chapel at The Mission Inn RICHARD SAUL WURMAN YO-Y0 MA and wiLLam C. K. WILLIAMS AND STEVEN PINKER 7a0PM WINE and hors d'oeuvres in the Atrio adjacent to the Chapel 8:30PM DINNER in the Galleria at The
He has six children: Ellen, Kate, Maggie, Benjamin, Brianna, Madeline and four grandchildren: Daniel, Noah, Griffin, Zoe. EFTA00315150 YO-Y0 MA Yo-Yo Ma's multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growt
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
lowing episodes will wrap early 2017: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019204 --- PAGE BREAK --- On Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance opon my Toes”: Cynthia Nixon, Yo Yo Ma, Marie Howe and Bill T. Jones; On Marianne Moore’s “The Fish”: Jorie Graham, Edward Norton, Conservation International scientists, and the passengers
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Poetry in America (poetryinamerica.org). Poetry in America's first season's guests included Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, Shaquille O'Neal, Yo Yo Ma, Samantha Power, Herbie Hancock, John McCain, Nas, Angela Duckworth, Bono, Regina Spektor, Frank Gehry, Stuart Weitzman, E.O. Wilson and many others.
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
chorus of clergy. The production of the following episodes will wrap early 2017: On Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance opon my Toes”: Cynthia Nixon, Yo Yo Ma, Marie Howe and Bill T. Jones; On Marianne Moore’s “The Fish”: Jorie Graham, Edward Norton, Conservation International scientists, and the passengers
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
o tape with me include Sally Field Lena Dunham Yo Yo Ma Anna Deveare Smith and more. Those in other fie
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
o tape with me include Sally Field Lena Dunham Yo Yo Ma Anna Deveare Smith and more. Those in other fie
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
l Buck Riley Alfre Woodard Herbie Hancock Tony Kushner Natalia Zukerman and those who have agreed to tape with me include Sally Field Lena Dunham Yo Yo Ma Anna Deveare Smith and more. Those in other fields include journalists, senators, president clinton ete etc. You've read my pitch before (many time
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Sep 23, 2014Source: House Oversight Committee
rt, Anne Marie Slaughter on “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”; with High School and Middle School teachers on “I’m Nobody” ; (with Annette Bening and Yo Yo Ma) (filmed at the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, in Houghton Rare Book Library and in Hauser Studio With New York citizens and Boston High School te
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
d to tape with me include Sally Field Lena Dunham Yo Yo Ma Anna Deveare Smith and more. Those in other field
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
d to tape with me include Sally Field Lena Dunham Yo Yo Ma Anna Deveare Smith and more. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0292
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Poetry in America (poetryinamerica.org). Poetry in America's first season's guests included Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, Shaquille O'Neal, Yo Yo Ma, Samantha Power, Herbie Hancock, John McCain, Nas, Angela Duckworth, Bono, Regina Spektor, Frank Gehry, Stuart Weitzman, E.O. Wilson, and many others
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Poetry in America (poetryinamerica.org). Poetry in America's first season's guests included Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, Shaquille O'Neal, Yo Yo Ma, Samantha Power, Herbie Hancock, John McCain, Nas, Angela Duckworth, Bono, Regina Spektor, Frank Gehry, Stuart Weitzman, E.O. Wilson, and many others
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
m creating in partnership with Harvard Medical School. Poetry in America's first season's guests included Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, Shaquille O'Neal, Yo Yo Ma, Samantha Power, Herbie Hancock, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Nas, Angela Duckworth, Bono, Regina Spektor, Frank Gehry, Stuart Weitzman, E.O. Wilson as
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Poetry in America (poetryinamerica.org). Poetry in America's first season's guests included Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Cynthia Nixon, Shaquille O'Neal, Yo Yo Ma, Samantha Power, Herbie Hancock, John McCain, Nas, Angela Duckworth, Bono, Regina Spektor, Frank Gehry, Stuart Weitzman, E.O. Wilson and many others.
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
-- PAGE BREAK --- The production of the following episodes will wrap early 2017: On Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance opon my Toes”: Cynthia Nixon, Yo Yo Ma, Marie Howe and Bill T. Jones; On Marianne Moore’s “The Fish”: Jorie Graham, Edward Norton, Conservation International scientists, and the passengers
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EFTA00292741.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00292741
l He has a reasonably good basis for comparison. The American is a sought-after concert pianist who has played with everyone from Bobby McFerrin to Yo-Yo Ma. And he has spent almost all his life on the piano rack. - I have a picture of myself, there I am three years old, and we had an old piano standing
EFTA00422518.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00422518
rector: Richard Saul Wurman Musical Directors: Yo-Yo Ma & Herbie Hancock Is this email not displaying c
EFTA00286909.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00286909
man first convened in 1984 and worked on until 2002. A total of 180 people were in attendance at WWW, said Wurman, including world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, musician and producer Quincy Jones, recording artist Will.i.am and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry among other notable attendees. The
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EFTA00678464.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00678464
(Langston Hughes) and Samantha Power is in, and are getting closer to Robert Di Niro (Robert Creeley), Matt Damon (Frost), John Lithgow (Stevens), Yo Yo Ma. Harvard is helping me, Larry is helping me. very fun... how are you? Lisa > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Jeffrey Epstein < wrote: Waiting
WWW Conf Program.pdf
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Sep 5, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
ic, jazz, pop and contemporary music, and uses her artistry and unprecedented virtuosic skill to bring her musical vision to life. Pato is amember of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. Internationally acclaimed as a Gaita master and classical pianist, Cristina Pato enjoys an active professional career devoted to
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