Classical: YO-YO MA A Musician Like No Other It may surprise you to hear that Yo-Yo Ma, in his own words, is ‘still trying to get it right’. Highly accomplished, America’s favourite classical musician humbly continues to evolve his performance of J.S. Bach’s cello suites, a towering body of six solo works that Ma has been playing throughout his extensive career. ‘In Bach’s cello suites, there is a balance,’ Ma describes. ‘[The composer is] empathetic to all of how you feel, but he’s also objective about how you feel.’ The outcome somehow tips the scale to a perfect equilibrium. As Ma pursues this equilibrium, he is receptive, yet nurturing. Each stroke of his bow generates a melodic energy and the listener cannot help but feel it echo within them. Ma’s virtuosity will take your breath away. To watch him perform, a solo figure alone on the stage, his eyes closed as if grasping for the answers to life’s biggest questions, is nothing short of astounding. At times fragile and soft, at others fearless and resounding, Ma’s talent demonstrates more than tenacious attention to the detail of each note, it also triggers a feeling of compassion. Watch Ma, and he will draw you to the sound, cradle you with each melodic movement, and just for a moment, you will feel held in the expressive whole of it all. We hope you enjoy this exclusive performance for CenturionLiving, featuring selections from Bach’s suites for solo cello. Let yourself succumb to the embrace of these moving compositions, played by a cellist who has spent six decades exploring what they mean to all of us. This event will take place in Vienna. Very limited availability. For more information and to book, please visit the CenturionLiving website using the instructions on page 19 or 53. PHOTO PREVIOUS SPREAD: JASON BELL 52
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