Yo-Yo Ma

The Lincoln Memorial is shown with a colorful sunrise in the distance.

Juneteenth celebrations take on new significance; Australia says China involved in cyberattacks; Anti-poverty program in Indonesia also helps save forests

Juneteenth has taken new significance this year amid protests against systemic racism and police brutality in the US that sparked a global movement. And, China said Friday it has charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage. Also, Australia suggested today that China was the chief suspect in a number of cyberattacks on the Australian government.

Juneteenth celebrations take on new significance; Australia says China involved in cyberattacks; Anti-poverty program in Indonesia also helps save forests
Kinan Azmeh, a Syrian clarinet player who lives in New York, performs at Germany’s Morgenland Festival Osnabrück in 2010.

This celebrated clarinetist worries Trump’s border rules could bar him from going home to New York

This celebrated clarinetist worries Trump’s border rules could bar him from going home to New York

Would It Matter if Beyoncé Lip-Synched Her Performance?

Would It Matter if Beyoncé Lip-Synched Her Performance?

Arts advocate critical of Obama's Turnaround Arts Initiative for select U.S. schools

Arts advocate critical of Obama's Turnaround Arts Initiative for select U.S. schools

Shayan Parsai's Persian classical music

Shayan Parsai's Persian classical music
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Pandora's Jukebox

Pandora's Jukebox
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Yo-Yo Ma

The virtuoso cellist performs in a quartet with Itzhak Perlman at Inauguration this week. He's a household name, but as Ma told Kurt when he performed in our studio, he loves collaboration.

Yo-Yo Ma
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Global Hit

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about a new CD inspired by Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. The album is by Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor and the American string quartet Brooklyn Rider. The CD is called "Silent City."

Global Hit
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Cyro Baptista

Brazilian-born Cyro Baptista was named the 2007 Percussionist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He's on Fair Game to discuss his music, and his latest album, Banquet of the Spirits.

Cyro Baptista
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Cyro Baptista

Brazilian-born Cyro Baptista was named the 2007 Percussionist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He's on Fair Game to discuss his music, and his latest album, Banquet of the Spirits.

Cyro Baptista
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Cyro Baptista

Brazilian-born Cyro Baptista was named the 2007 Percussionist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He's on Fair Game to discuss his music, and his latest album, Banquet of the Spirits.

Cyro Baptista

'To the Best of Our Knowledge: Clash of Civilizations'

A round-up of prominent Western and Muslim intellectuals debate conflicting world views that spark tensions between East and West.

'To the Best of Our Knowledge: Clash of Civilizations'
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Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 1

Yo-Yo Ma The virtuoso cellist has gotten a lot of attention in the last decade for forming and leading The Silk Road Ensemble ?- a group that draws its members and music from countries all across Asia. Whether on the road or at home in Cambridge, Ma tells Kurt how every day begins with a Bach cello suite.

Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 1
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Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 2

Bonus Track: Ma plays Bach Yo-Yo performs J.S. Bach's "Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major: V. Menuett" in Studio 360.

Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 2
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Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 3

Southie Stories Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, opens this week. It's set in a rough-and-tumble Irish neighborhood in Boston -? the same setting as Clint Eastwood's Mystic River and Martin Scorsese's The Departed. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky looks into why his hometown of Boston (and specifically the areas of Southie and Dorchester) keeps getting treated to these class-centered cinematic portraits.

Studio 360 - Episode 842 - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 - Segment 3