{"id":4196,"date":"2010-03-14T07:17:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:15:39","slug":"yo-yo-musical-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/14\/yo-yo-musical-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"yo-yo: musical ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great article<\/a> from today’s Washington Post, about the phenomenon that is Yo-Yo Ma – here’s the teaser:<\/p>\n

In 1961, Pablo Casals played for John F. Kennedy at the White House. The concert could be seen as a symbol of the importance of the arts to the Kennedy administration, or as a gesture of honor to a great cellist.<\/p>\n

But there’s no question, when the concert is re-created next year as part of the Kennedy Center’s tribute to the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration, about who will represent Casals. When there’s a commemorative event that calls for classical music, Yo-Yo Ma is almost sure to be the person playing it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[link<\/a>] – Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A great article from today’s Washington Post, about the phenomenon that is Yo-Yo Ma – here’s the teaser: In 1961, Pablo Casals played for John F. Kennedy at the White House. The concert could be seen as a symbol of the importance of the arts to the Kennedy administration, or as a gesture of honor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[153,115,135],"tags":[1245],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cello","category-music","category-soloists-recitals","tag-yo-yo-ma"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-15G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4491,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/22\/yo-yo-is-going-going\/","url_meta":{"origin":4196,"position":0},"title":"yo-yo is going, going…","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So, you know that Yo-yo Ma is playing with the Oregon Symphony next season, right?\u00a0 And it's a one night only deal, right?\u00a0 And tickets are only available to renewing or new subscribers, right?\u00a0 Did you also know that as of 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday there were only 12 tickets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cello"","block_context":{"text":"cello","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/instruments\/cello\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5603,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/30\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/","url_meta":{"origin":4196,"position":1},"title":"the good, the bad, and the ugly","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's almost December, and the holiday season is on us like the Polar Express driven by a meth-crazed tweaker after a two week bender.\u00a0 Yesterday, violist Sam Bergman wrote a very apt post about why the holiday season is difficult for orchestra members, I highly recommend it. 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