An American cellist born in Paris to Chinese parents, playing an Irish air composed by an English man, accompanied by an English woman on a German piano. You don't get much more international than that!

My wife took me to see him play with the Buffalo Philharmonic in 2000. I was a long haul truck driver and was like, sure whatever. After two and a half hours and four encores, I couldn't believe how wonderfuI I felt. I've been listening to classical music ever since. Thank you Yo Yo Ma. I bless your mother for giving birth to you.

We just lost my husband’s father to Covid and this was his favorite song. My niece sang it for him over a video call the night before he passed. It will always hold significance in my heart. This beautiful performance is very healing for me personally and I wanted to thank you for sharing it and helping me through a painful time.

The guy has such unbelievable intonation at high registers. It sounds like he's playing a violin.

When most cellists get to the highest notes they are praying and focusing. He is smiling.

A song of comfort & hope for a world in chaos...mankind's own doing!

This artist is a treasure and represents all that is transcendent ofthe human species. One of my favorite humans on the planet..

Taking nothing away from Ma, Kathryn Stott is a treasure in her own right. Her performances of tangos are sublime. What a gorgeous collaboration here.

Legend

This is the master. He played violin range of notes on Cello, nothing to say, just amazing.

Yo-Yo Ma is a great man of the people.

He made me first appreciate cellos. Timeless. No fanfare, no drama - just classic excellent cello at center stage.

감사합니다.

The way he holds his cello is so...loving.

!!!!! Mr. MA, YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE ESSENTIALS !!!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!

Danny Boy is one of the best melodies ever composed. Here it is played beautifully.

When the cello first comes in...I had to double take and make sure that wasn't a human voice singing! Simply sublime

Watching the two of them enjoy playing music together, as they look at each other and smile, it really made me start to cry man it’s so beautiful and heartwarming. Two people united in their passion. Absolutely wonderful.

The vibrato at 1:06 omg literal goosebumps. I love yo-yo ma sm

I love listening to Yo Yo Ma, he plays so well and it's so calming to hear him play. 🎼❤️😊❤️

Bravo. I am remembering my irish grandfather who would sing irish lullabyes to me before bedtime. Thank you grandpa.

Beautiful as always.... you were my teacher through many CDs when i studied cello.. but I started a new job irrelevant to the cello after the graduation from university and i've played cello very rarely during the job and subsequently being a mom of two sons.. these days i started praticing my cello again,, and you were still there with "the gentle smile" as always... thank you very much indeed❤

good pianist.

如泣如诉，听得我热泪盈眶……马老师谢谢您

Beautiful music makes our hearts lighter in such a hard time. Thanks to you both!

2 instruments, all this came from 2 simple instruments… absolutely brilliant

What a touchy music he playing now those day that we been through , pray for tomorrow will be bring us to be safe , we thank you Yo Yo ma 🙏🎻❤️❤️

What a body of work he has, that this is merely another beautiful footnote!

I'm a trombone player myself, but the cello was always my favorite string instrument and second backup. If I played a string instrument, that would be it.

Holy smokes - that precision when he’s playing in gazillionth position , practically falling off the fingerboard. Wow.

Thank you for posting this and all your other great performances on KZfaq. I don't have the resources to go to your concerts so it is a wonderful gift for you to share this with the rest of the world.

So proud to have had Kathryn's mother as my piano teacher and the occasional lesson from her when I was little. Inspirational - music is now my life.

Yo-Yo Ma is like the Miyagi of the music

いつ聞いても　豊かな響きと　表現力ですね

Yoyoma vaccine youtube video really touched me. Your music is a treatment that heals our blue moods due to covid. Thank you.

I love this guy, best celloist

Both the cellist and pianist are fantastic!

美しい音楽と映像でした。いつも配信を楽しみにしております。Thank you so much👏💐

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow, It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

Whoever agrees, please, leave your like! #Yo-YoMaNobelPeace2021

"But come ye back..." I couldn't help but sing along.

朝静けさの中歩きながら聴くこのYo-Yo Maさんのチェロの音色は私の心を優しくリセットしてくれます‼️🤗ありがとう😊💕💗

this is so beautiful 😌✨💚

Northern Ireland is a wonderful place, the people are kind and very nice. God Bless!

*Hey you. Yes you. random person that I will never meet. I truly hope that you will find happiness in life. Today is going to be a great day : )*

Really love this J. Heifetz's "Londonderry Air" cello version! It has deeper, richer voice than the violin one.

You’re on top of that evergreen cliff, sea winds rushing past your skin and hair. Calling out from the depths of your innermost self, hoping your beloved can hear you, too. [Written before the scene of hillsides appear in video.] 🤍🌊 Edit - Music aficionados: Deanna Durbin’s lyrical rendition brings tears. Many greats have done justice, but her voice is intoxicating.

OH MY GOD! Thank you

It's not going to get much better than this!!!

To say this is beautiful just isn’t enough

We all need music in our life. It is how we express ourselves but in a different and more beautiful way. Music heals the soul. I hope that whoever you are and wherever you are that you have a great life filled with joy and kindness.

Magnifique! Thank you so much for this magnificent piece! O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen and down the mountainside The summer's gone and all the roses falling 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide But come ye back when summer's in the meadow Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow 'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow O Danny boy, O Danny boy, I love you so When winter's come and all the flowers are dying And I am dead, as dead I well may be You'll come and find the place where I am lying And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me But I shall hear though soft you tread above me And all my grave shall warmer, sweeter be And you will bend and tell me that you love me And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me O Danny boy, the stream flows cool and slowly And pipes still call and echo 'cross the glen Your broken mother sighs and feels so lowly For you have not returned to smile again So if you've died and crossed the stream before us We pray that angels met you on the shore And you'll look down, and gently you'll implore us To live so we may see your smiling face once more Once more

This makes myself imagine everything about nature and beuty🎉

How moving! What a beautiful interpretation

Yo-Yo Maさんの優しいチェロの音楽と優しい笑顔に癒されています♪ありがとう😊💕💗

感動な曲素晴らしい😢！ マさんありがとうございます♪❤❤！

The best musicianship possible. What Yo Yo Ma does is technically almost superhuman and still has so much soul. I mainly listen to him do Bach but he can do it all.

Lovely, sweet performance. So musical and from the heart. What a gift to all of us who are lucky enough to hear it!💖💖

If I could draw a single moment of joy from life commensurate with Yo Yo Ma’s vivid expressions when playing such beautiful music, I would die a happy man 😌 Thank you for sharing your gift with the world!

BRAVO!!!!

one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. THANK YOU!

Fantastic singing from Yo Yo on all the registers of the cello, exceptional! And beautiful piano playing by Kathryn, bravo!

Beautiful rendition of my favorite Irish dirge❤

Oooh! So that's what I'm doing wrong on this song. #cello 😆 So beautiful.

Your touching, beautiful music makes our day far greater. Thanks Yoyoma. Love you💕

Currently learning this song, and this performance makes it seem so much simpler than it actually is. But it is also so calming listening to it.

Superb!!!

자연스러움의 극치에 가셨군요... 물이 흐르듯 선율이 흐르니 참 편안한 기분입니다.. 감사합니다 ~😊😊

涙が溢れて溢れて感動しました❣️ありがとうMAさん大好きですよ😘❤️！

Beautiful music with two great musicians !

A melancholy feast... The saddest of songs played on the saddest of instruments.

It's like the Cello can sing and full of passion. What a wonderful performance ❤

My SC mother who met my CT Dad in Europe during WWII, loved this song. My Dad would request it played at every banquet and affair with a band . She would have been so overcome to see her grandson perform with the Mars Hill College orchestra from NC in front of a misty eyed audience in the Dublin Cathederal .

What I admire most about you, apart from your technique, is the feeling, the love you transmit when interpreting any piece, no matter how simple you make it great. A hug, my admiration and eternal love from Venezuela

How beautiful is that ! Thank you, for sharing this. 😊

Cello King thank you

What a beautiful piece of music...there is no other words to describe it..excellent drone footage!!

I love listening to Yo Yo Ma it's so calming to hear him play beautiful music...

Absolutely wonderful🍃

真是棒的👍♥️

beautifully played

Love it. BTW I was drawn to the view out a window wall? Possibly on a cruise that's parked on a waterway near the ocean where soft waves move the boat back and forth?

The tranquility of your music teared me with calm repose. Thank you so much for sharing your gift.

*When my father taught me to play the cello, he always cited for example Maestro Yo-Yo Ma. This perfomance is Great!*

You pour your heart and soul into this music! And it definitely translates to the listeners ❤️

He is sublime!!!❣🍃

Felicidades maestro, muchas gracias por regalar sublime música.🎶🎶🎶🙏🙏🎻❤️

Thanks to great performers, thanks to great composers.

SUPERB … 🍀🙏🏻🍀

音楽の歓びに、心充たされました。ありがとうございます♪♪

This music is beautiful

great! fantastic! thank you!

참 좋습니다(very good)!

More proof that God exists. Your God, my God, 'their' God...all of them. They all exist, and the beauty of music is just one of the ways they speak to us.

Thank you for playing beautiful music for us. My whole family loves you.Happy New Year & God bless you.

I did an arrangement of this song for my conducting class, and in doing research this came up a few months ago right when it came out. Beautiful

even though the words are not given ,you find yourself tearful by this .I think ,given the potency these two musicians are Derry people ,stat home

Brilliant piano writing & playing. That and Yo YO Ma. No words.

Después de un largo día nada mejor que escucharlo a ud y cía. Maestro. Infinitas gracias por compartir con todos nosotros y regalarnos un momento de paz y tranquilidad.

can "hear" the life experience behind the music