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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. Showing prodigious talent from an early age – he composed Quatre Chansons françaises for soprano and orchestra at the age of fourteen – he first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945 he leapt to international fame, and for the next fifteen years he devoted much of his compositional attention to writing operas, several of which now appear regularly on international stages. Britten's interests as a composer were wide-ranging; he produced important music in such varied genres as orchestral, choral, solo vocal (much of it written for the tenor Peter Pears), chamber and instrumental, as well as film music. He also took a great interest in writing music for children and amateur performers, and was a fine pianist and conductor.
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Bobby McFerrin
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
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Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók ( (Wells 1990), ) (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer (Gillies 2001). Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology.
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Crown Prince Akihito
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Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution or simply the Cultural Revolution was a violent mass movement in the People’s Republic of China that started in 1966 and officially ended with Mao Zedong's death in 1976. It resulted in social, political, and economic upheaval; widespread persecution; and the destruction of antiques, historical sites, and culture.
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César Franck
César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a Dutch-Belgian-French-German composer, pianist, organist and music teacher whose symphonic, chamber, and keyboard works are "among the most distinguished contributions in the field by any French musician."
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Domenico Montagnana
Domenico Montagnana (24 June 1686 – 6 March 1750) was an Italian master luthier based in Venice, Italy. He is regarded as one of the world's finest violin and cello makers of his time.
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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower ( ; October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas – March 28, 1969), at Walter Reed Army Hospital, in Washington D. C. was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961, and the last to be born in the 19th century. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45, from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
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Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax (born 8 June 1949) is a Grammy-winning American-Jewish classical pianist. He is currently a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century.
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Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grande Ufficiale OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an Italian composer and conductor.
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Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero (born May 10, 1970, Caracas) is a Venezuelan pianist.
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George Costanza
George Louis Costanza is a middle age man in the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" (by Elaine Benes and Costanza himself), "Lord of the Idiots" (by Costanza himself), and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time". He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, and Elaine Benes. George appears in every episode except for "The Pen" (third season). The character was originally loosely based on Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, but surnamed after Jerry Seinfeld's real-life New York friend, Mike Costanza.
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Hank Azaria
Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director, comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons. He performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Police Chief Clancy Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as well as numerous other characters.
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Jack Black
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D. The group has two albums and a full-length film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally self-conscious outsiders in comedy films. He was a member of the Frat Pack, a group of comedians who have appeared together in several Hollywood films, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. He has also won an MTV Movie Award, and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award
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Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 194519 October 1987) was a British cellist, acknowledged as one of the greatest players of the instrument. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation of that work has been described as "definitive" and "legendary". Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to cease performing at the age of 28, and led to her premature death. Following her death, her older sister Hilary du Pré and younger brother Piers wrote a book about their family life, A Genius in the Family. It was the basis for the movie Hilary and Jackie. Both the book and the movie aroused fierce controversy.
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms () (7 May 18333 April 1897), was a German composer and pianist, one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms' popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs.
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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is a prolific American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning six decades, he has composed many of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including those for Jaws, the Star Wars Saga, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, ''Schindler's List, Home Alone, and three Harry Potter'' films. He has composed the music for all but two of director Steven Spielberg's feature films.
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Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (, ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. He was probably best known to the public as the longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, for conducting concerts by many of the world's leading orchestras, and for writing the music for West Side Story, Candide, Wonderful Town, and On the Town. Bernstein was the first classical music conductor to make numerous television appearances between 1954 and 1989. He had a formidable piano technique and as a composer also wrote symphonies and other concert music. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
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Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose (July 27, 1918 – November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven ( (US) or (UK); ; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
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Michael Dadap
Michael Dadap is a popular Filipino guitarist, composer, and conductor, and an influential advocate of Filipino folk music. He was influential in the creation of a world-class rondalla ensemble in the United States is also the founding music director of the Iskwelahang Rondalla (Rondalla School) of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Nancy Reagan
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and served as an influential First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was born in New York; her parents divorced soon after her birth and she grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle while her mother pursued acting jobs. As Nancy Davis, she was an actress in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as ''Donovan's Brain, Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy''. In 1952 she married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild, and they had two children. Nancy was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975. In that capacity, she began work with the Foster Grandparents Program.
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Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini (27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1, is among the best known of his compositions, and has served as an inspiration for many prominent composers.
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Pablo Casals
Pau Casals i Defilló () (December 29, 1876October 22, 1973), known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but Casals is perhaps best remembered for the recording of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939.
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Philip Glass
Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American music composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public (along with precursors such as Richard Strauss, Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein).
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Placido Domingo
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Samuel Barber
Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his opera Vanessa and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. His , a work for soprano and orchestra, was an acclaimed setting of prose by James Agee.
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Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment block on Manhattan's Upper West Side (but shot mainly in Los Angeles), the show features a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, including George Costanza, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer. Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and distributed in association with Columbia Pictures Television and Columbia TriStar Television; Sony Pictures Television has distributed the series since 2002. It was largely co-written by David and Seinfeld with input from numerous script writers, including Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman, Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, Carol Leifer, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Steve Koren, Jennifer Crittenden, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Charlie Rubin, Alec Berg, and Spike Feresten.
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev () (5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.
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Stephen Albert
Stephen Albert (6 February 1941 – 27 December 1992) was an American composer.
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Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper, PC, MP (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became Prime Minister after his party won a minority government in the 2006 federal election. He is the first Prime Minister from the newly reconstituted Conservative Party, following a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.
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Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is an American business magnate and inventor. He is well known for being the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
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Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his professional name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police.
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Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneónist, he regularly performed his own compositions with different ensembles.
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Boston
Boston (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. Boston city proper had a 2009 estimated population of 645,169, making it the twentieth largest in the country. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, and Worcester, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
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Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) is a private research university in New York City and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. It was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain, and is one of only three United States universities to have been founded under such authority.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country.
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Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI animation film studio based in Emeryville, California, United States. As of 2006, Pixar is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The studio has earned twenty-four Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements and has made $5.5 billion worldwide. It is one of the most (according to Rotten Tomatoes, perhaps the single most) critically acclaimed film studios of all time. It is best known for its CGI-animated feature films which are created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering API used to generate high-quality images.
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With an estimated population of 183,171, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total estimated population of 1,130,293. Salt Lake City is further situated in a larger urban area known as the Wasatch Front, which has an estimated population of 2,298,915.
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Ma, Yo-Yo Filmography
- Chris Botti in Boston (2009)
- President Obama: The Inauguration (2009)
- The Music Instinct (2009)
- Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (2008)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2007)
- The Music of 'Memoirs' (2006)
- Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2005)
- The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005)
- Great Conversations in Music (2005)
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy (2003)
- The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003)
- XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2002)
- Multiple Identities: Encounters with Daniel Barenboim (2002)
- Classic Yo-Yo Ma (2001)
- Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures (1997)
- Warrior Songs: King Gesar (1997)
- Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden (1997)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1992)
- Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (1991)
- Carnegie Hall: Live at 100 (1990)
- Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990)
- Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987)
- Liberty Weekend (1986)
- Ozawa (1985)
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- Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) (with counterpoint)
- You Couldn't Be Cuter (feat. Diana Krall, John Clayton)
- Joy to the World (feat. Dave Brubek, Matt Brubek, Paquito D'Rivera)
- Here Comes the Sun (feat. James Taylor)
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) (feat. Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile)
- The Wassail Song / All Through the Night (feat. Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile)
- A Christmas Jig / Mouth of the Tobique Reel (feat. Natalie MacMaster)
- The Wexford Carol (feat. Alison Krauss)
- Panxoliña: A Galician Carol (feat. Cristina Pato)
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) (feat. Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad)
- Vassourinhas (feat. Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad)
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) (feat. Paquito D'Rivera, Alon Yavnai)
- Invitación al Danzón (feat. Paquito D'Rivera, Alon Yavnai)
- My One and Only Love (feat. Joshua Redman)
- Familia (feat. Assad Family)
- Concordia (feat. Dave Brubek, Matt Brubek)
- My Favorite Things (feat. Chris Botti)
- Touch the Hand of Love (feat. Renée Fleming, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile)
- Kuai Le (feat. Wu Tong, the Silk Road Ensemble)
- This Little Light of Mine (feat. Amelia Zirin-Brown)
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (feat. Jake Shimabukuro)
- Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) / Auld Lang Syne (feat. Chris Botti)
- Going to School
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
- Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
- The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
- Doce de coco
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49: II. Largo
- Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You
- The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan
- Yanzi (Swallow Song)
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 "Double Concerto": II. Andante
- Soledad
- Five Finnish Folk Songs: IV. Mikin Pekko
- First Impressions
- Song Without Words, Op. 109
- The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe
- The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe
- The Mission: The Falls
- Playing Love
- Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia
- Looking For You
- Malena: Main Theme
- Main Theme
- Once Upon A Time In America (Deborah's Theme)
- Cockeye's Song
- Once Upon A Time In America (Main Theme)
- Once Upon A Time In The West: Main Theme
- The Good, Bad & Ugly: Ecstasy Of Gold
- Main Theme
- The Untouchables: Death Theme
- Moses: Journey
- Moses: Main Theme
- Marco Polo: Main Theme
- The Lady Caliph: Dinner
- The Lady Caliph: Nocturne
- Playing Love (Cello And Piano)
- Gabriel's Oboe (Cello And Piano)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Mido Mountain
- Butterfly's Day Out
- Three Preludes Prelude No1
- Erbarme Dich (From St Matthew Passion)
- Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo - Winter
- Slavonic Dance in E Minor
- Cristal
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
- Milonga del Angel
- The Protecting Veil
- Cristal
- Chega de saudade
- A lenda do caboclo
- Doce de coco
- Dança brasileira
- Apelo
- Dança negra
- 1 X 0 (Um a zero)
- Menino
- Samambaia
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- Alma brasileira
- O amor em paz
- Bodas de prata & Quatro cantos
- Brasileirinho
- Salvador
- Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
- Tango Sensations: Fear
- Butterfly's Day Out
- Cantata, BWV 75 "Das Elenden sollen essen": "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"
- Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2
- Prelude No. 1
- 'American Collection' Theme
- 1B for violin, cello & double bass
- Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto
- The Eternal Vow
- St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: "Erbarme Dich"
- Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45: IV. Allegro molto
- Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
- Libertango
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Simply Baroque II: Bach & Boccherini (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra feat. conductor: Ton Koopman, cello: Yo-Yo Ma)
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- Aria from "Goldberg Variations", BWV 988
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake!), BWV 645
- Wer nur den lieben Gott laßt walten, BWV 647
- Die Hoffnung wart der rechten Zeit, BWV 186
- Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 648
- Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208
- Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich das Volk in guten Taten, BWV 76
- Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B-flat major, G. 482: I. Allegro moderato
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B-flat major, G. 482: II. Andante grazioso
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B-flat major, G. 482: III. Rondo - Allegro
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in D major, G. 476: I. Allegro
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in D major, G. 476: II. Largo
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in D major, G. 476: III. Allegro piacere
- Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75
- 1B
- Misty Moonlight Waltz
- Hard Times Come Again No More
- Indecision
- Limerock
- Benjamin
- Fisher's Hornpipe
- Duet for Cello and Bass
- Emily's Reel
- Cloverfoot Reel
- Poem for Carlita
- Caprice for Three
- Second Time Around
- Slumber, My Darling
- Vistas
- Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 167
- Erbarme dich (from St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
- Ertöt' uns durch dein' Güte, BWV 22
- Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
- Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
- Laß mein Herz die Münze sein, BWV 163
- Dein Blut, der edle Saft, BWV 136
- "Air on a G String" (from Suite III), BWV 1068
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G. 480: I. Allegro
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G. 480: II. Adagio
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G. 480: III. Allegro
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 478: I. Allegro con spirito
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 478: II. Larghetto
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 478: III. Rondo
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 478: IV. Rondo. Comodo assai
- Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75
- Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Simply Baroque (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra feat. conductor: Ton Koopman, cello: Yo-Yo Ma)
(Released 1999)
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- Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 167
- Erbarme Dich (from St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
- Ertöt' uns durch Dein' Güte, BWV 22
- Ich ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
- Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
- Laß mein Herz die Münze sein, BWV 163
- Dein Blut, der edle Saft, BWV 136
- Air on the G String (from Suite III), BWV 1068
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G.480: I. Allegro
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G.480: II. Adagio
- Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra, G.480: III. Allegro
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G.478: I. Allegro con spirito
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G.478: II. Larghetto
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G.478: III. Rondo
- Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, G.478: IV. Rondo comodo assai
Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra
(Released 1996)
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- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: I. Invocation (Arioso)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Profanation (Dance)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Soliloquy (Cadenza)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: IV. Prayer and Lamentation (Hymn)
- Music for Cello and Orchestra
- Violincello Concerto: I. Combattimento. Svolazzante
- Violincello Concerto: II. Adagiati. Largo, desolato, grigio
- The Green Groves of Erin / The Flowers of Red Hill
- Appalachia Waltz
- Chief Sitting in the Rain
- Mama
- Butterfly's Day Out
- Druid Fluid
- First Impressions
- Étienne et Petunia
- F.C.'s Jig
- College Hornpipe
- Pickles
- Old Country Fairytale
- Schizoozy
- Star of the Country Down
- Speed the Plow Medley
- Fair Dancer Reel
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In B Minor Op. 104 - 1. Allegro
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In B Minor Op. 104 - 2. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In B Minor Op. 104 - 3. Finale. Allegro Moderato
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No.2 In E minor Op. 30 - 1. Allegro Impetuoso
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No.2 In E minor Op. 30 - 2. Andante Tranquillo
- Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No.2 In E minor Op. 30 - 3. Allegro
- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33: Allegro non troppo - allegro con moto - allegro non troppo
- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in, D Minor: I. Prélude. Lento - allegro maestoso
- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in, D Minor: II. Intermezzo
- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in, D Minor: III. Introduction. Andante - allegro vivace
- Encores and Transcriptions: I. Tambourin Chinois
- Encores and Transcriptions: II. Serenade Espagnole
- Encores and Transcriptions: III. Rondino on a theme of Beethoven
- Encores and Transcriptions: IV. Indian lament
- Encores and Transcriptions: V. Songs my mother taught me
- Encores and Transcriptions: VI. Schön Rosmarin
- Encores and Transcriptions: VII. Liebesfreud
- Encores and Transcriptions: VIII. Liebesleid
- Moderato Cello Concerto No.1. C major
- Adagio Cello Concerto No.1. C major
- Allegro Molto Cello Concerto No.1. C major
- Allegro Moderato Cello Concerto No.2. D major
- Adagio Cello Concerto No.2. D major
- Allegro Cello Concerto No.2. D major
- Clarinet Sonata: I. Grazioso
- Clarinet Sonata: II. Andantino
- Triptych: I. For Cello Solo
- Triptych: II. For Violin and Cello Obbligato
- Triptych: III. Presto
- Three Preludes: I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
- Three Preludes: III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano: I. Moderato
- Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano: II. "TSIAJ". Presto
- Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano: III. Moderato con moto
Symphonia Concertante (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Lorin Maazel, cello: Yo-Yo Ma)
(Released 1992)
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- Andante
- Allegro giusto
- Andante con moto
- Moderato quasi andante - Tema. Moderato semplice
- Var.1 (Tempo del Tema)
- Var II: Tempo del tema
- Var III: Andante sostenuto
- Var IV: Andante grazioso
- Var V: Allegro moderato
- Var VI: Andante
- Var VII: Coda, Allegro vivo
- Andante Cantabile for Cello and Strings Orchestra
- Grace
- Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 Mandolins, Strings & Continuo in G Major: Andante
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Stars
- Hush Little Baby
- Vocalise
- Musette for Keyboard in D Major
- Coyote
- Sonata for 2 Cellos, No 10 in G: Allegro Prestissimo
- Ave Maria
- Hoedown!
- Suite for Orchestra No 3 in D Major: Air
- Good-Bye
- Anything Goes
- Easy to Love
- I Concentrate on You
- Just One of Those Things
- In the Still of the Night
- Love of My Life
- Pas-De-Two
- Sweet Lorraine
- So in Love
- All Through the Night
- Tambourin Chinois
- Serenade Espagnole
- Rondino
- Indian Lament
- Songs My Mother Taught Me
- Schön Rosmarin
- Libesfreud
- Liebesleid
- Caprice No. 9
- Caprice No. 13
- Caprice No. 14
- Caprice No. 17
- Caprice No. 24
- Variations on a Theme from Gioacchino Rossini's "Moses"
- Matsushima-Ondo
- Kojo-No-Tsuki
- Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi
- Defune
- Nara-Yama
- Chin-Chin-Chidori
- Sakura, Sakura
- Oroku-Musume
- Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta
- Chiran-Bushi
Lalo / Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos (Orchestre National de France feat. conductor Lorin Maazel, cello Yo-Yo Ma)
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- Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
- Concerto in D minor for Cello and Orchestra: I. Prelude, lento - Allegro maestoso
- Concerto in D minor for Cello and Orchestra: II. Intermezzo, andantino con moto - Allegro presto - Andantino - Tempo I
- Concerto in D minor for Cello and Orchestra: III. Introduction, andante - Allegro vivace
- Prélude from Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello, BWV 1007
- Ecstacy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- I. Allegro from Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos, Strings and Basso continuo
- Libertango
- Definition
- Méditation from Thaïs
- The Eternal Vow from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- IV. Allegro from Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40
- Appalachia Waltz Solo Cello Version
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
- 1B
- Havanaise, Op. 83
- The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo 'Cello, Op. 12
- Chi passa per'sta strada
- III. Finale. Allegro moderato from Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
- Simple Gifts
- The Swan
- Bourree
- 7 Variations on the theme "Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen"
- Sakura, Sakura
- Songs My Mother Taught Me (arr. Fritz Kreisler)
- Schön Rosmarin
- Liebesleid
- Liebesfreud
- Tambourin Chinois
- Caprice No. 24
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 101: I. Allegro moderato
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 101: II. Adagio
- Concerto for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 101: III. Allegro
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Yo-Yo Ma plays the prelude from Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1
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- Duration: 3:12
- Published: 30 Jun 2007
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
Yo-Yo Ma plays the prelude from Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1. Inspired By Bach DVD no.1 "The Music Garden" The man at the end was a mistake, now I can't delete it, I am very sorry about that, please don't insult me or insult the video.
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Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt
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- Duration: 9:46
- Published: 07 Sep 2007
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. This concerto will forever be associated with Jaqueline duPre, but YYM gives a performance that is beyond breathtaking. It is fitting that Barenboim is the conductor; I'm sure he feels this concerto is still in very good hands.
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Yo-Yo Ma &Bobby; McFerrin
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- Duration: 2:47
- Published: 08 May 2007
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
hush little baby cello:yo-yo ma vocal:bobby McFerrin violin:mark o'connor contra bass:edgar meyer
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Massenet "Meditation" from Thais, Yo-Yo Ma
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- Duration: 5:50
- Published: 01 Mar 2008
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
Massenet "Meditation" from Thais/Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott Audio Thank you for your HELP! american.redcross.org
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Classic Sesame Street - Yo Yo Ma and the Honkers
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- Duration: 2:47
- Published: 27 Dec 2006
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Another appearance by the virtuoso himself.
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YO-YO MA
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- Duration: 7:05
- Published: 07 Oct 2006
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
YO-YO MA CLASSICS
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Piazzola Yo Yo Ma Libertango
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 28 Apr 2006
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
this is a video of libertango. a musical theme compose by astor piazzola. i hope you like it
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The Mission - Yo Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone
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- Duration: 5:46
- Published: 08 Feb 2008
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
from the soundtrack of "The Mission" by Ennio Morricone piece 1: Gabriel's Oboe piece 2: The Falls from the album "Yo Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone"
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Opening Ceremony Blog Exclusive - Spike Jonze Presents: Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma
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- Duration: 3:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2011
- Updated: 13 Mar 2012
The other day, I was lucky enough to be at an event to bring the arts back into schools and got to see an amazing collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma and a young dancer in LA, Lil Buck. Someone who knows Yo-Yo Ma had seen Lil Buck on YouTube and put them together. The dancing is Lil Buck's own creation and unlike anything I've seen. Hope you enjoy. --Spike Jonze, www.openingceremony.us
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[Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone]Gabriel's Oboe and The Falls
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- Duration: 5:42
- Published: 13 Aug 2008
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
My first video uploaded onto youtube. I simply threw together a couple of pictures to make a slideshow. The music in this video is "Gabriel's oboe and The Falls" from the movie "The Mission." Simply close your eyes, listen to the music, and relax.
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Yo-Yo Shreds at the Inauguration with Perlman et al.
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- Duration: 4:33
- Published: 01 Feb 2009
- Updated: 12 Mar 2012
Finally, Yo-Yo Ma Shreds. Video and dub tribute to yoyo, itzhak et al. and their powerful performance at the Obama inauguration. John Williams composed an introduction and conclusion and called it "Air and Simple Gifts". The performance was pre-recorded, as we learned a few days after the event. Here is how the live performance might have actually sounded, for all we know... This is a satirical hypothetical document, not an actual record of what happened on inauguration day. Albeit with a nod to StSanders, numerous viewers have also pointed out that the duration of this video (4'33") makes it a sort of John Cage tribute.
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Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata - Yo-Yo Ma
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- Duration: 7:19
- Published: 29 Dec 2008
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
A Spadecaller poem,"The Ghost of My Brother Lost," is featured in this video of Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax in their splendid performance of Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata Op.19-3. Included are paintings by JMW Turner and Ivan Aivazovsky with artwork by Spadecaller. The Ghost of My Brother Lost By Spadecaller From the tree the last apple Fell to earth alone Spoiled by summers touch Yellow-scarred, burned with rust. Wasting in the barley grass In the froth of golden hops Hides a bitter soul, The ghost of my brother lost. How loved he was! Will he ever know? For envy casts fond memories off Into stormy seas green with greed Like old whiskey bottles bobbing blind. In the shadows of his fathers tomb He pillaged his brothers birthright share And now upon stiffened knees he stands aloft A barren tree in a field of forgotten love. "Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." Abraham Lincoln
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Yo Yo Ma plays paganini caprice 24 on cello
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- Duration: 5:08
- Published: 02 Aug 2007
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Yo Yo Ma plays one of the most difficult pieces ever for violin on cello
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Yo-Yo Ma;Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol
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- Duration: 4:21
- Published: 25 Oct 2009
- Updated: 12 Mar 2012
Music video by Yo-Yo Ma;Alison Krauss performing The Wexford Carol. (C) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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Andrew Bird with Yo Yo Ma
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- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 25 Dec 2008
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Andrew and Yo-Yo Ma improvise together on the melody Dona Nobis Pacem
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Yo-Yo Ma - Astor Piazzola - Soul of the Tango (Fugata)
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 20 Jan 2009
- Updated: 12 Mar 2012
YO YO MA - SOUL OF THE TANGO THE MUSIC OF ASTOR PIAZZOLA
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Sesame Street: Yo Yo Ma: The Jam Session
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- Duration: 2:34
- Published: 01 May 2009
- Updated: 13 Mar 2012
If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at www.sesamestreet.org Yo-Yo Ma plays for Hoots in the arbor. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
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Yo-Yo Ma - Bach Cello Suite 1 III. Courante
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 11 Jul 2008
- Updated: 13 Mar 2012
From Inspired by Bach No. 1 "The music garden" (Sony Classical)
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Simple Gifts - Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss
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- Duration: 2:36
- Published: 25 Nov 2009
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
A Thanksgiving song by Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss from his "Classic Yo-Yo" CD. The grace of God is both a profound yet simple gift. Give Him thanks. A gift of song for my husband, who dearly loves the Thanksgiving holiday...
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Stradivarius - Yo Yo Ma
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- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 23 Jul 2006
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
Video for Heart Text by Max Lucado Music performed by Yo Yo Ma
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Yo-Yo Ma - Bach Cello Suite 2 I. Prelude
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- Duration: 5:07
- Published: 09 Jul 2008
- Updated: 10 Mar 2012
From Inspired by Bach No. 2 "The sound of The Carceri" (Sony Classical)
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Air and Simple Gifts Yo Yo Ma Itzhak Perlman John Williams Live at the Inauguration
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- Duration: 5:22
- Published: 20 Jan 2009
- Updated: 12 Mar 2012
Link to a version without interruption www.youtube.com For the first time, a classical quartet has been invited to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. It all began when the President-elect had asked Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman to perform, and they, in turn called John Williams, a frequent collaborator with both artists, "to help them prepare something to play." Mr. Ma chose the other two performers, clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gabriela Montero to round out this unique and diverse quartet.
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Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations [Yo Yo Ma, violoncello]
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| Coordinates | 52°24′29″N1°30′38″N |
|---|---|
| name | Yo-Yo Ma馬友友 |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| born | October 07, 1955Paris, France |
| instrument | Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin |
| genre | Classical |
| occupation | Cellist, composer, pedagogue |
| years active | ''fl. ca.'' 1961–''present'' |
| label | CBS, RCA, Sony Classical |
| associated acts | Silk Road Ensemble |
| website | yo-yoma.com |
| notable instruments | Violoncello''Davydov 1712'' StradivariusDomenico Montagnana 1733Luis and Clark }} |
Early life
Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris on October 7, 1955, to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist and professor of music. His family moved to New York when he was five years old.At a very young age, Ma began studying violin, and later viola, before finding his true calling by taking up the cello in 1960 at age four. According to Ma, his first choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up cello instead. The child prodigy began performing before audiences at age five, and performed for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was seven. At age eight, he appeared on American television with his sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, in a concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein. By fifteen years of age, Ma had graduated from Trinity School in New York and appeared as a soloist with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra in a performance of the Tchaikovsky ''Rococo Variations''.
Ma studied at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and briefly attended Columbia University before ultimately enrolling at Harvard University. Prior to entering Harvard, Ma played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra under the direction of nonagenarian cellist and conductor Pablo Casals. Ma would ultimately spend four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival after meeting and falling in love with Mount Holyoke College sophomore and festival administrator Jill Hornor his first summer there in 1972.
However, even before that time, Ma had steadily gained fame and had performed with most of the world's major orchestras. His recordings and performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites recorded in 1983 and again in 1994–1997 are particularly acclaimed. He has also played a good deal of chamber music, often with the pianist Emanuel Ax, with whom he has a close friendship back from their days together at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
Ma received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1976. In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
Career
Ma currently plays with his own Silk Road Ensemble, which has the goal of bringing together musicians from diverse countries all of which are historically linked via the Silk Road, and records on the Sony Classical label. Ma's primary performance instrument is the cello nicknamed ''Petunia'', built by Domenico Montagnana in 1733. It was named this by a female student that approached him after one of his classes in Salt Lake City asking if he had a nickname for his cello. He said, "No, but if I play for you, will you name it?" She chose Petunia, and it stuck. This cello, more than 270 years old and valued at US$2.5 million, was lost in the fall of 1999 when Ma accidentally left the instrument in a taxicab in New York City. It was later recovered undamaged. Another of Ma's cellos, the ''Davidov Stradivarius'', was previously owned by Jacqueline du Pré who passed it to him upon her death, and owned by the Vuitton Foundation. Though Du Pré previously voiced her frustration with the "unpredictability" of this cello, Ma attributed the comment to du Pré's impassioned style of playing, adding that the Stradivarius cello must be "coaxed" by the player. It was until recently set up in a Baroque manner, since Ma exclusively played Baroque music on it. He also owns a cello made of carbon fiber by the Luis and Clark company of Boston.
In 1997 he was featured on John Williams' soundtrack to the Hollywood film, ''Seven Years in Tibet''. In 2000, he was heard on the soundtrack of ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', and in 2003 on that of ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World''. He collaborated with Williams again on the original score for the 2005 film ''Memoirs of a Geisha''. Yo-Yo Ma has also worked with world-renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone and has recorded Morricone's compositions of the Dollars Trilogy including ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. He also has over 75 albums, 15 of which are Grammy Award winners. Ma is a recipient of the International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.
Ma was named Peace Ambassador by UN then Secretary-General Kofi Annan in January 2006.
On November 3, 2009, President Obama appointed Ma to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. His music was featured in the 2010 documentary ''Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story'', narrated by Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman.
Playing style
thumb|right|Ma with Condoleezza Rice after performing a duet at the presentation of the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards.Ma has been referred to as "omnivorous" by critics, and possesses a more eclectic repertoire than is typical for classical musicians. A sampling of his versatility in addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire would include his recordings of Baroque pieces using period instruments; American bluegrass music; traditional Chinese melodies including the soundtrack to the film ''Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon''; the tangos of Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla; an eclectic and unusual collaboration with Bobby McFerrin (where Ma admitted to being terrified of the improvisation McFerrin pushed him toward); as well as the music of modern minimalist Philip Glass in such works as the 2002 piece ''Naqoyqatsi''. He is known for his smooth, rich tone as well as his considerable virtuosity, including a cello recording of Niccolò Paganini's 24th Caprice for solo violin, Zoltán Kodály's cello sonata, and other demanding works.
Notable live performances
Ma performed a duet with Condoleezza Rice at the presentation of the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards. Ma was the first performer on September 11, 2002, at the site of the World Trade Center, while the first of the names of the dead were read in remembrance on the first anniversary of the attack on the WTC. He played the Sarabande from Bach's ''Suite in C minor (#5)''. He performed a special arrangement of Sting's "Fragile" with Sting and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.He performed John Williams' "Air and Simple Gifts" at the inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, along with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet). While the quartet did play live, the music played simultaneously over speakers and on television was a recording made two days prior due to concerns over the cold weather damaging the instruments. Ma was quoted as saying "A broken string was not an option. It was wicked cold."
On August 29, 2009, Ma performed at the funeral mass for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Pieces he performed included the Sarabande movement from Bach's ''Cello Suite No. 6'', and Franck's ''Panis Angelicus'' with Placido Domingo.
On October 3, 2009, Ma appeared alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the National Arts Centre gala in Ottawa. Harper, a noted Beatles fan, played the piano and sang a rendition of "With A Little Help From My Friends" while Ma accompanied him on his cello.
Media appearances
Ma has appeared in an episode of the animated children's television series, ''Arthur'', as well as on ''The West Wing'' (episode "Noël", in which he performed the prelude to the Bach Cello Suite No.1 at a Christmas dinner at the White House), ''Sesame Street'' and ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''. In ''The Simpsons'' episode "Missionary: Impossible", Ma, (voiced by Hank Azaria) runs after Homer Simpson along with many other frequent guests of PBS.He also starred in the visual accompaniment to his recordings of Bach's ''Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello''.
Ma has also been seen with Apple Inc. and former Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. Ma is often invited to press events for Jobs's companies, and has performed on stage during event keynote presentations, as well as appearing in a commercial for the Macintosh computer.
Ma was a guest on the Not My Job segment of ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' on April 7, 2007, where he won for listener Thad Moore.
On October 27, 2008, Ma appeared as a guest and performer on ''The Colbert Report''.
According to research done by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of Harvard University, in 2010 for the PBS series ''Faces of America'', in which Ma made an appearance, a relative had hidden the Ma family genealogy in his home in China to save it from destruction during the Cultural Revolution. Ma's paternal ancestry can be traced back eighteen generations to the year 1217. This genealogy had been compiled in the 18th century by an ancestor, tracing everyone with the surname Ma, through the paternal line, back to one common ancestor in the 3rd century BC. Ma's generation name, "Yo", had been decided by his fourth great grand-uncle, Ma Ji Cang, in 1755.
Personal life
Ma married his long-time girlfriend Jill Hornor, a German language professor, in 1977. He proposed outside her apartment. They have two children, Nicholas and Emily, and reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ma's elder sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, who was also born in Paris, is a violinist married to Michael Dadap, a New York–based guitarist from the Philippines.
Discography
Awards and recognitions
Avery Fisher Prize·Nominated: November 17, 2010
·Awarded: February 15, 2011
Cultural references
In the movie ''School of Rock'', Jack Black’s character tells the other teachers that he competed in a cello audition--and lost—to Yo-Yo Ma's cousin, who he describes as “Little Nepotiz”, a reference to the audition being on the same orchestral instrument as Yo-Yo Ma plays, and implying that Yo-yo Ma’s cousin won the audition simply by virtue of being related to Yo-Yo Ma. In the sitcom ''Seinfeld'', Kramer exclaims "Yo-Yo Ma!" in two episodes. When Kramer cries out "Yo-Yo Ma!" in The Ticket (Seinfeld), it is attributed to a suspected head injury caused by a kick from "Crazy" Joe Davola. In The Hamptons (Seinfeld), Kramer calls out "Yo-Yo Ma!" when he sees George Costanza's girlfriend, Jane, walking topless on the beach.
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°24′29″N1°30′38″N |
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| name | Yo! Majesty |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| genre | Dirty rap, alternative hip hop, electro |
| label | Domino |
| current members | Shunda KJwl B |
| past members | }} |
Yo! Majesty was mentioned as one of the 'Top 11 new bands of 2008' by ''NME'' magazine as well as one of the '25 Most Exciting Bands In America'.
Biography
Yo! Majesty's current members are Windy Baynham, who goes by Jwl B; and Shon Burt, stage name Shon B. Formerly the group also included LaShunda Flowers, known as Shunda K, who left the band following arguments about money. The group members are openly lesbian and electro, and they have garnered comparisons to punk for their defiance of labels and creation of new sounds.Rappers Shunda K and Shon B started out as a duo named Yeah Majesty before they were rounded out circa 2001 by gospel-raised vocalist Jwl B. They started collaborating with London-based electronica duo HardfeelingsUK (David Alexander and Richard Winstanley), who supplied Yo! Majesty with their electro-rap club beats, in 2002. After a hiatus during Shunda K's marriage, Yo! Majesty regrouped. Once they established a name for themselves on the underground club circuit, both in the U.S. and the UK, Yo! Majesty self-released their first official release, the Yo EP, in 2006.
They "made a splash" at SXSW in 2007 and that year toured alongside CSS and Gossip. Yo! Majesty has also toured with Peaches and was featured in her parody video of The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" called "My Dumps" The group signed with Domino Records in 2007, and the label released an EP and full-length record by the band in 2008, which included a track produced by Basement Jaxx. On June 16, 2009 Shunda K announced that she parted ways with Domino Records. She immediately released 42 new tracks for free stating "Domino didn’t move quickly enough for me!"
Discography
Albums
| Year !! Album !! Record Label | ||
| 2006 | ''Yo EP'' | Out There |
| 2008 | ''Kryptonite Pussy EP'' | |
| 2008 | ''Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid'' |
Appears On
| Year !! Song !! Album !! Record Label | |||
| 2008 | "Pony Girl" | ''"Dub Gabriel - Anarchy & Alchemy"'' | |
| 2008 | "Sweat Shop"| | ''Stainless Style'' by Neon Neon | Lex Records |
| 2011 | "Flavor feat. Yo Majesty"| | ''Carbon Copy'' by ★STAR GUiTAR |
Singles
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°24′29″N1°30′38″N |
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| name | Bobby McFerrin |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Robert McFerrin, Jr |
| born | March 11, 1950 Manhattan, New York |
| instrument | Vocals, piano, bass guitar, clarinet |
| genre | Jazz, Reggae, World Music, Classical Music |
| occupation | MusicianSongwriterConductorArrangerProducer |
| years active | 1977–present |
| label | Manhattan RecordsBlue Note RecordsElektra RecordsSony Classical |
| associated acts | Chick CoreaHerbie Hancock |
| website | http://www.bobbymcferrin.com }} |
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is a virtuoso American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner. He is well known for his unique vocal techniques and singing styles.
Life
Bobby McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and singer Sara Copper. Robert Sr. was the first African American to be a regular with New York's Metropolitan Opera. Sara is a former soloist with regional opera companies and in Broadway shows, and is a professor emeritus of music at Fullerton College in Fullerton, California.Bobby McFerrin married Debbie Green in 1975. They have three children.
McFerrin's song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumental performers, including pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, drummer Tony Williams, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Vocal technique
As a vocalist, McFerrin often switches rapidly between modal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing, as observed in his song "Drive" from the 2005 DVD ''Live in Montreal''.A notable document of McFerrin's approach to singing is his 1984 album ''The Voice'', the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.
Career
In 1986, McFerrin was the voice of Santa Bear in ''Santa Bear's First Christmas'', and in 1987 he was the voice of Santa Bear/Bully Bear in the sequel ''Santa Bear's High Flying Adventure''. That same year, he performed the theme song for the opening credits of Season 4 of ''The Cosby Show'', as well as the music for a Cadbury chocolate commercial.In 1988, McFerrin recorded the hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy", which brought him widespread recognition across the world. However, the song's success "ended McFerrin's musical life as he had known it," and he began to pursue other musical possibilities – on stage and in recording studios. The song was used in George H. W. Bush's 1988 U.S. presidential election as Bush's 1988 official presidential campaign song, without Bobby McFerrin's permission or endorsement. In reaction, Bobby McFerrin publicly protested that particular use of his song, including stating that he was going to vote against Bush, and completely dropped the song from his own performance repertoire, to make the point even clearer.
In 1989, he composed and performed the music for the Pixar short film ''Knick Knack''. The rough cut to which McFerrin recorded his vocals had the words "blah blah blah" in place of the end credits (meant to indicate that he should improvise). McFerrin spontaneously decided to sing "blah blah blah" as lyrics, and the final version of the short film includes these lyrics during the end credits. Also in 1989, he formed a ten-person "Voicestra" which he featured on both his 1990 album ''Medicine Music'' and in the score to the 1989 Oscar-winning documentary ''Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt''. The song "Common Threads" has frequently reappeared in some public service advertisements about AIDS. McFerrin also performed with the Vocal Summit.
As early as 1992, widespread rumors circulated that falsely claimed McFerrin committed suicide. The rumors intentionally made fun of the distinctly positive nature of his popular song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by claiming McFerrin ironically took his own life.
In 1993, McFerrin sang Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther" theme for the movie ''Son of the Pink Panther''.
In addition to his vocal performing career, in 1994, Mr. McFerrin was appointed as creative chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He makes regular tours as a guest conductor for symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Canada, including the San Francisco Symphony (on his 40th birthday), the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and many others. In McFerrin's concert appearances, he combines serious conducting of classical pieces with his own unique vocal improvisations, often with participation from the audience and the orchestra. For example, the concerts often end with McFerrin conducting the orchestra in an a cappella rendition of the "William Tell Overture," in which the orchestra members sing their musical parts in McFerrin's vocal style instead of playing their parts on their instruments. For a few years in the late 1990s, he toured a concert version of ''Porgy and Bess'', partly in honor of his father, who sang the role for Sidney Poitier in the 1959 ''film version'', and partly "to preserve the score's jazziness" in the face of "largely white orchestras" who tend not "to play around the bar lines, to stretch and bend". McFerrin says that because of his father's work in the movie, "This music has been in my body for 40 years, probably longer than any other music."
McFerrin also participates in various music education programs and makes volunteer appearances as a guest music teacher and lecturer at public schools throughout the U.S. McFerrin has collaborated with his son, Taylor, on various musical ventures. Taylor has recently been singing, rapping, and playing minimal keyboard accompaniment with Vernon Reid (leader-guitarist of Living Colour) in the eclectic metal-fusion-funk group Yohimbe Brothers.
In 2009, McFerrin and musician-scientist Daniel Levitin served as co-hosts of ''The Music Instinct'', a two-hour award-winning documentary produced by PBS and based on Levitin's best-selling book ''This Is Your Brain On Music''. Later that year, the two appeared together on a panel at the World Science Festival, where McFerrin demonstrated audience participation with the ubiquitous nature of human understanding of the pentatonic scale by singing and dancing, and having the audience sing while following his movements.
In October 2010, Bobby McFerrin appeared on NPR's news quiz show ''Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me''.
In February 2011, Bruce Hornsby noted that McFerrin is in the process of organizing a super-group to debut in 2012.
Discography
As leader
As sideman
Grammys
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°24′29″N1°30′38″N |
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| name | Ennio Morricone |
| background | non_performing_personnel |
| birth date | November 10, 1928 |
| alias | Maestro |
| genre | Film music, Classical music, Pop music, Jazz, Lounge music, Easy listening |
| origin | Rome, Italy |
| occupation | Composer, orchestrator, music director, conductor, trumpeter |
| associated acts | Bruno Nicolai, Alessandro Alessandroni, Mina, Yo-Yo Ma, Mireille Mathieu, Joan Baez, Andrea Bocelli, Roger Waters, Sarah Brightman, Amii Stewart, Paul Anka, Milva, Gianni Morandi, Dalida, Catherine Spaak, Pet Shop Boys, Hayley Westenra, and others |
| years active | 1946 – present |
| website | http://www.enniomorricone.it }} |
For over five decades he has composed and arranged music for more than 400 motion pictures including some award-winning film scores as well as several symphonic and choral pieces. He wrote the characteristic film scores of Leone's Spaghetti Westerns ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) and ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968). In the 80s, Morricone composed the scores for Leone's ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), Roland Joffé's ''The Mission'' (1986), Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables'' (1987) and Giuseppe Tornatore's ''Cinema Paradiso'' (1988). His more recent compositions include the scores for ''The Legend of 1900'' (1998), ''Malèna'' (2000), ''Fateless'' (2005), and ''Baaria - La porta del vento'' (2009).
Morricone has received two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, five BAFTAs during 1979–1992, seven David di Donatello, eight Nastro d'Argento, and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". The composer also has been nominated for five Oscars in the category of Best Original Score during 1979–2001, but has never won competitively.
Life and career
Classical music
Ennio Morricone was born in Rome, the son of Libera and Mario Morricone, a jazz trumpeter. Morricone wrote his first compositions when he was six years old and was encouraged to develop his natural talents. Compelled to take up the trumpet, he attended the National Academy of Santa Cecilia to take lessons on the instrument at the age of nine. Morricone formally entered the conservatory in 1940 at the age of 12, enrolling in a four-year harmony program. According to various reports, he completed it in either two years or six months (date approximate). He studied the trumpet, composition, choral music, and choral direction under Goffredo Petrassi, who deeply influenced him and to whom Morricone has dedicated concert pieces.These were the difficult years of World War II in the heavily bombed "open city"; the composer remarked that what he mostly remembered of those years was the hunger. His wartime experiences influenced many of his scores for films set in that period.
After he graduated, he continued to work in classical composition and arrangement. In 1946, Morricone received his trumpet diploma and in the same year he composed "Il Mattino" ("The Morning") for voice and piano on a text by Fukuko, first in a group of 7 "youth" Lieder. Other serious compositions are "Imitazione" (1947) for voice and piano on a text by Giacomo Leopardi and "Intimità" for voice and piano on a text by Olinto Dini.
In the early 1950s, Morricone began writing his first background music for radio dramas. Nonetheless he continued composing classical pieces as "Distacco I e Distacco II" for voice and piano on a text by Ranieri Gnoli, "Verrà la Morte" for contralto and piano on a text by Cesare Pavese, "Oboe Sommerso" for baritone and five instruments on a text by Salvatore Quasimodo.
Although the composer had received the "Diploma in Instrumentation for Band" (fanfare) in 1952, his studies concluded in 1954, obtaining a diploma in Composition under the composer Goffredo Petrassi. In 1955, Morricone started to write or arrange music for films credited to other already well-known composers (ghost writing). He occasionally adopted Anglicized pseudonyms, such as Dan Savio and Leo Nichols.
Morricone wrote more works in the climate of the Italian avant-garde. A few of these compositions have been made available on CD, such as "Ut", his trumpet concerto dedicated to the soloist Mauro Maur, one of his favorite musicians; some have yet to be premiered. From the mid-sixties and onwards, he was part of Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza, a group of composers who performed and recorded avant garde free improvisations, even scoring a few films during the 1970s.
Public reputation
In 1956, Morricone started to support his family by playing in a jazz band and arranging pop songs for the Italian broadcasting service RAI. He was hired by RAI in 1958, but quit his job on his first day at work when he was told that broadcasting of music composed by employees was forbidden by a company rule. Subsequently, Morricone became a top studio arranger at RCA, working with Renato Rascel, Rita Pavone, and Mario Lanza. A particular success was one of his own songs, "Se telefonando". Performed by Mina, it was a standout track of ''Studio Uno 66'', the fifth-biggest-selling album of the year 1966 in Italy. Morricone's sophisticated arrangement of "Se telefonando" was a combination of melodic trumpet lines, Hal Blaine–style drumming, a string set, a '60s Europop female choir, and intensive subsonic-sounding trombones. The Italian Hitparade #7 song had eight transitions of tonality building tension throughout the chorus. During the following decades, the song was covered by several performers in Italy and abroad—most notably by Françoise Hardy and Iva Zanicchi (1966), Delta V (2005), Vanessa and the O's (2007), and Neil Hannon (2008). In the reader's poll conducted by the la Repubblica newspaper to celebrate Mina's 70th anniversary in 2010, 30,000 voters picked the track as the best song ever recorded by Mina. Throughout the '60s Morricone composed songs for other artists including Milva, Gianni Morandi, Paul Anka, Amii Stewart, and Mireille Mathieu.
Leone film scores
Well-versed in a variety of musical idioms from his RCA experience, Morricone began composing film scores in the early 1960s. Though his first films were undistinguished, Morricone's arrangement of an American folk song intrigued director and former schoolmate Sergio Leone. Leone hired Morricone, and together they created a distinctive score to accompany Leone's different version of the Western, ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964). As budget strictures limited Morricone's access to a full orchestra, he used gunshots, cracking whips, whistle, voices, guimbarde (jaw harp), trumpets, and the new Fender electric guitar, instead of orchestral arrangements of Western standards à la John Ford. Morricone used his special effects to punctuate and comically tweak the action—cluing in the audience to the taciturn man's ironic stance. Though sonically bizarre for a movie score, Morricone's music was viscerally true to Leone's vision. As memorable as Leone's close-ups, harsh violence, and black comedy, Morricone's work helped to expand the musical possibilities of film scoring. Morricone was initially billed on the film as Dan Savio.Morricone composed music for about 40 Westerns (the last was ''North Star'' (1996)), most of them Spaghetti Westerns. He scored Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns, from ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and including ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966), and ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968), as well as later films such as ''A Fistful of Dynamite'' (1971), ''My Name Is Nobody'' (1973), and ''A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe'' (1975). The collaboration with Leone is considered one of the exemplary collaborations between a director and a composer.
In addition, Morricone composed music for many other, not so popular Spaghetti Westerns, including ''Duello nel Texas'' (1963), ''Le pistole non discutono'' (1964), ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1965), ''The Return of Ringo'' (1965), ''Navajo Joe'' (1966), ''The Big Gundown'', (1966), ''Face to Face'' (1967), ''Death Rides a Horse'' (1967), ''The Hellbenders'' (1967), ''A Bullet for the General'' (1967), ''The Mercenary'' (1968), ''Tepepa'' (1968), ''The Great Silence'' (1968), ''Guns for San Sebastian'' (1968), ''…And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars'' (1968), ''The Five Man Army'' (1969), ''Queimada!'' (1969), ''Vamos a matar, compañeros'' (1970), ''Two Mules for Sister Sara'' (1970), ''Sonny and Jed'' (1972), and ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981).
Ensemble
With the score of ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Morricone began his 10-year collaboration with his childhood friend Alessandro Alessandroni and his Cantori Moderni. Alessandroni provided the whistling and the twanging guitar on the film scores, while his Cantori Moderni were a flexible troupe of modern singers. Morricone specifically exploited the solo soprano of the group, Edda Dell'Orso, at the height of her powers—"an extraordinary voice at my disposal".
Other film scores
Most of Morricone's film scores of the 1960s were composed outside the Spaghetti Western genre, while still using Alessandroni's team. Their music included the themes for ''Il Malamondo'' (1964), ''Slalom'' (1965), ''The Battle of Algiers'' (1965), and ''Listen, Let's Make Love'' (1967). In 1968, Morricone reduced his work outside the movie business and wrote scores for 20 films in the same year. The scores included psychedelic accompaniment for Mario Bava's superhero romp ''Danger: Diabolik'' (1968). The next year marked the start of a series of evocative scores for Dario Argento's stylized thrillers, including ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' (1969), ''The Cat o' Nine Tails'' (1971), and ''Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1974). In 1970, Morricone wrote the score for ''Violent City''. That same year, he received his first Nastro d'Argento for the music in ''Metti una sera a cena'' (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1969) and his second only a year later for ''Sacco e Vanzetti'' (Giuliano Montaldo, 1971), in which he had made a memorable collaboration with the legendary American folk singer and activist Joan Baez. In 1973, he scored a theme for the crime film ''Revolver'' (1973). He received his first nomination for an Academy Award in 1979 for the score to ''Days of Heaven'' (Terrence Malick, 1978) and another in 1986 for ''The Mission'' (Roland Joffé, 1986), in 1987 for ''The Untouchables'' (Brian De Palma, 1987), in 1991 for ''Bugsy'' (Barry Levinson, 1991), and in 2001 for ''Malèna'' (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000). Morricone composed the score for John Carpenter's science-fiction/horror movie ''The Thing'' (1982) as well as Brian De Palma's war drama ''Casualties of War'' (1989).Morricone has worked for television, from a single title piece to variety shows and documentaries to TV series, including the US TV Western ''The Virginian'' (1971), ''Moses'' (1974) and ''Marco Polo'' (1982). One notable composition, "Chi Mai" was used in the films, ''Maddalena'' (1971) and ''Le Professionnel'' (1981) as well as the TV series ''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'' (1981). It was a surprise hit in the UK, almost topping the charts. He wrote the score for the Mafia television series ''La piovra'' seasons 2 to 10 from 1985 to 2001, including the themes "Droga e sangue" ("Drugs and Blood"), "La morale", and "L'immorale". Morricone worked as the conductor of seasons 3 to 5 of the series. He also worked as the music supervisor for the television project ''La bibbia'' ("The Bible"). In the late 1990s, he collaborated with his son, Andrea, on the ''Ultimo'' crime dramas. Their collaboration yielded the BAFTA-winning ''Nuovo cinema Paradiso''. In 2003, Ennio Morricone scored another epic, for Japanese television, called ''Musashi'' and was the Taiga drama about Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's legendary warrior. A part of his "applied music" is now applied to Italian television films.
Concerts and conducting
Since 2001, Morricone has been on a world tour, the latter part sponsored by Giorgio Armani, with the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, touring London (Barbican 2001; 75th birthday ''Concerto'', Royal Albert Hall 2003), Paris, Verona, and Tokyo. Morricone performed his classic film scores at the Munich Philharmonie in 2005 and Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in London, UK, on 2006-12-01 and 2006-12-02.He made his North American concert debut on January 29, 2007 Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City and four days later at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The previous evening, Morricone had already presented at the United Nations a concert comprising some of his film themes, as well as the cantata ''Voci dal silenzio'' to welcome the new Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. A ''Los Angeles Times'' review bemoaned the poor acoustics and opined of Morricone: "His stick technique is adequate, but his charisma as a conductor is zero." Morricone, though, has said: "Conducting has never been important to me. If the audience comes for my gestures, they had better stay outside."
On December 12, 2007, Morricone conducted the Roma Sinfonietta at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, presenting a selection of his own works. Together with the Roma Sinfonietta and the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Morricone performed at the Opening Concerts of the Belfast Festival at Queen's, in the Waterfront Hall on October 17 and 18, 2008. Morricone and Roma Sinfonietta also held a concert at the Belgrade Arena (Belgrade, Serbia) on February 14, 2009.
On April 10, 2010, Morricone conducted a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the Roma Sinfonietta and (as in all of his previous London concerts) the Crouch End Festival Chorus. On August 27, 2010, he conducted a concert in Hungary. Two other concerts took place in Verona and Sofia (Bulgaria) on 11 and 17 September 2010.
Influence
Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer has called Ennio Morricone his favorite composer in the world. Zimmer's ''Parlay'' in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' Soundtrack is a tribute to Ennio Morricone's ''Man with a Harmonica''.
Morricone's influence also extends into the realm of pop music. Hugo Montenegro had a hit with a version of the main theme from ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in both the United Kingdom and the United States. This was followed by his album of Morricone's music in 1968.
Aside from his music having been sampled by everyone from rappers (Jay-Z) to electronic outfits (the Orb), Morricone wrote "Se Telefonando", which became Italy's fifth biggest-selling record of 1966 and has since been re-recorded by Françoise Hardy, among many others, and scored the strings for "Dear God, Please Help Me" on Morrissey's 2006 "Ringleader of the Tormentors" album.
Morricone's film music was also recorded by many artists. John Zorn recorded an album of Morricone's music, ''The Big Gundown'', with Keith Rosenberg in the mid-1980s. Lyricists and poets have helped convert some of his melodies into a songbook.
Morricone collaborated with world music artists, like Portuguese fado singer Dulce Pontes (in 2003 with ''Focus'', an album praised by Paulo Coelho and where his songbook can be sampled) and virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma (in 2004), who both recorded albums of Morricone classics with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Morricone himself conducting.
In 1990 the American singer Amii Stewart, best known for the 1979 disco hit "Knock On Wood", recorded a tribute album entitled ''Pearls - Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone'' for the RCA label, including a selection of the composer's best known songs. Since the mid 1980s Stewart resides in Italy, the ''Pearls'' album features Rome's Philharmonic Orchestra and was co-produced by Morricone himself.
The 2003 Quentin Tarantino film ''Kill Bill'' Volumes 1 & 2 makes extensive use of several Morricone pieces from several 1960s film scores. The 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'' also uses many Morricone pieces, as well as sharing "Il Mercenario (Ripresa)" with Kill Bill.
Metallica uses Morricone's ''The Ecstasy of Gold'' as an intro at their concerts (shock jocks Opie and Anthony also use the song at the start of their XM Satellite Radio and CBS Radio shows.) The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra also played it on Metallica's Symphonic rock album S&M;. Ramones used the theme from ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' as a concert intro. The theme from ''A Fistful Of Dollars'' is also used as a concert intro by The Mars Volta.
His influence extends from Michael Nyman to Muse. He even has his own tribute band, a large group which started in Australia, touring as The Ennio Morricone Experience.
Morricone is mentioned by Myles, a musician/scorer (played by Jack Black in "The Holiday" [2006 film]), as creator of magical sounds that formed a charracter as much as lines of music in his films. This played out in a scene at a video rental store between Black and actress Kate Winslett.
In 2007, the tribute album ''We All Love Ennio Morricone'' was released. It features performances by various artists, including Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen and Metallica.
British band Muse cites Morricone as an influence for the songs "City of Delusion", "Hoodoo", and "Knights of Cydonia" on their album ''Black Holes and Revelations''.. The band has recently started playing the song "Man With A Harmonica" live played by Chris Wolstenholme, as an intro to "Knights of Cydonia".
In January 2010, tenor Donald Braswell II released his album "We Fall and We Rise Again" on which he presented his tribute to Ennio Morricone with his original composition entitled "Ennio".
Recent activity
Morricone provided the string arrangements on Morrissey's "Dear God Please Help Me" from the album ''Ringleader of the Tormentors'' in 2006.Quentin Tarantino originally wanted Morricone to compose the soundtrack for his most recent film, ''Inglourious Basterds''. However, Morricone refused because of the sped-up production schedule of the film. Tarantino did use several Morricone tracks from previous films in the soundtrack.
Morricone instead wrote the music for Baaria - La porta del vento, the most recent movie by Giuseppe Tornatore. The composer is also writing music for Tornatore's upcoming movie Leningrad.
In spring and summer 2010, Morricone worked with Hayley Westenra for a collaboration on her album ''Paradiso''. The album features new songs written by Morricone, as well as some of his best known film compositions of the last 50 years. Hayley recorded the album with Morricone's orchestra in Rome during the summer of 2010.
Personal life
On 13 October 1956, he married Maria Travia and had his first son, Marco, in 1957. Travia has written lyrics to complement her husband's pieces. Her works include the Latin texts for ''The Mission''. They have three sons and a daughter, in order of birth: Marco, Alessandra, the conductor and film composer Andrea (Andrew), and Giovanni (a filmmaker who lives in New York City).
Discography
Ennio Morricone has sold over 50 million records worldwide, including 6.5 million copies in France and more than two million albums in Korea.
Top worldwide film grosses
Ennio Morricone has been involved with eight movies grossing over $25 million at the box office:{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! class="unsortable"|Title !! class="unsortable"|Director !! Gross |- | 1966 || ''The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'' || Sergio Leone || $25,100,000 |- | 1977 || ''Exorcist II: The Heretic'' || John Boorman || $30,749,142 |- | 1987 || ''The Untouchables'' || Brian De Palma || $76,270,454 |- | 1991 || ''Bugsy'' || Barry Levinson || $49,114,016 |- | 1993 || ''In the Line of Fire'' || Wolfgang Petersen || $176,997,168 |- | 1994 || ''Wolf'' || Mike Nichols || $131,002,597 |- | 1994 || ''Disclosure'' || Barry Levinson || $214,015,089 |- | 2000 || ''Mission to Mars'' || Brian De Palma || $110,983,407 |}
Other successful movies with Morricone's work are ''Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2'' (2003, 2004) and ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), though the tracks used are sampled from older pictures.
Awards
Academy Honorary Award
Morricone received an honorary Academy Award on February 25, 2007, presented by Clint Eastwood, "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." With the statuette came a standing ovation. Though nominated five times, he had not previously received an Oscar. In conjunction with the honor, Morricone released a tribute album, ''We All Love Ennio Morricone'', that featured as its centerpiece Celine Dion's rendition of "I Knew I Loved You" (based on "Deborah's Theme" from ''Once Upon a Time in America''), which she performed at the ceremony. Behind-the-scenes studio production and recording footage of "I Knew I Loved You" can be viewed in the debut episode of the QuincyJones.com Podcast. The lyric, as with Morricone's ''Love Affair'', had been penned by Oscar-winning husband-and-wife duo Marilyn and Alan Bergman. Morricone's acceptance speech was in his native Italian tongue and was interpreted by Clint Eastwood, who stood to his left. Eastwood and Morricone had in fact met two days earlier—for the first time in 40 years—at a reception.Morricone and Alex North are the only composers to receive the honorary Oscar since the award's introduction in 1928. North was nominated for fifteen Oscars, but like Morricone, he never won competitively.
List of prizes and awards
Sources
References
Further reading
External links
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| name | Spike Jonze |
| birth name | Adam Spiegel |
| birth date | October 22, 1969 |
| birth place | Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
| occupation | Director, producer, actor |
| years active | 1989–present |
| spouse | Sofia Coppola (1999-2003; divorced) |
| partner | }} |
He also co-founded Directors Label with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry.
Early life
Spiegel was born in Rockville, Maryland, and raised in Bethesda, Maryland and in Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania. His father, Arthur Spiegel III, was a distant relation of the Spiegel catalog family and founded APM Management Consultants. His mother, Sandy Granzow, is a writer, communications consultant in developing countries, and artist. His brother Sam (aka Squeak E. Clean) is a producer and DJ. Jonze attended The Field School in Washington, D.C., and Walt Whitman High School.When he was in junior high and high school, Spiegel hung out at Bethesda community store, where the former owner Mike Henderson gave him his nickname "Spike Jonze". He fronted Club Homeboy, an international BMX club, with Mark "Lew" Lewman and Andy Jenkins, both co-editors of ''Freestylin' Magazine'' in the mid- to late 1980s, where Jonze worked as a photographer. The three also created the youth culture magazines ''Homeboy'' and ''Dirt'' (the latter of which was described as "''Sassy Magazine'' for boys," being published by the same company and distributed in cellophane bags with the landmark magazine for young women).
Career
In 2006, he was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for "Outstanding Achievement in Commercials in 2005." He was nominated for a body of work that included ''Hello Tomorrow'' for Adidas, ''Lamp'' for IKEA, and ''Pardon Our Dust'' for The Gap. He was a producer and co-creator of MTV television series ''Jackass'' and ''Jackass: The Movie'', also directing some of the segments. Jonze has acted in some videos and films; his most prominent role was in ''Three Kings'' as the sweet, dimwitted, casually racist Conrad, in which he was directed by friend David O. Russell.Jonze was also a co-founder and editor of ''Dirt'' magazine along with Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins, as well as an editor for ''Grand Royal Magazine'' and senior photographer for Transworld Skateboarding. In the past, Jonze shot street skateboarding videos, most notably Blind skateboard company's ''Video Days'' in 1991, and Lakai Footwear's Fully Flared in 2007. He also co-directed the Girl Skateboards film ''Yeah Right!'' and the Chocolate Skateboards video ''Hot Chocolate''. In the closing credits montage of ''Yeah Right!'' Spike is shown doing a nollie heelflip in loafers. He is also co-owner of Girl Skateboards.
Jonze has many alter egos, including Richard Koufey (alternately spelled Coufey or Couffe), the leader of the Torrance Community Dance Group, an urban troupe that performs in public spaces. The Koufey persona appeared when Jonze, in character, filmed himself dancing to Fatboy Slim's "Rockafeller Skank" as it played on a boom box in a public area. Spike showed the video to Slim, who loved it. Jonze then assembled a group of dancers to perform to Slim's "Praise You" outside a Westwood, California movie theater and taped the performance. The resulting clip was a huge success, and "Koufey" and his troupe were invited to New York City to perform the song for the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The video received awards for Best Direction, Breakthrough, and Best Choreography, which Jonze accepted, still in character. Jonze made a mockumentary about the experience called ''Torrance Rises''.
He also has a speaking part along with Dave Eggers in the Beck song "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton" from his 2006 album, ''The Information''. He appears in the "Exoskeleton" part.
Since 2007, he has been the creative director at VBS.tv, an online television network supplied by ''Vice'' and funded by MTV.
Spike Jonze was part of the Detour-Moleskine project in New York in 2007. The project invites authors to compile and illustrate Moleskine notebooks with experienced knowledge, to provide an intimate insight into the artists' creative process.
Most recently, Jonze directed ''Where the Wild Things Are'', which opened in the United States on October 16, 2009. It was arguably his most anticipated film to date, the product of an almost decade long collaboration with author Maurice Sendak. The film received generally favorable reviews, and appeared on many critics' end-of-the-year top ten lists.
In July 2009, Jonze acquired the rights to make a film adaptation of the Shane Jones novel, ''Light Boxes''. However, Jonze, in an interview with Times Online, said that Ray Tintori was no longer a director for that project as expected. In an interview with ''Interview Magazine'' in June 2010, Jones said the film option had been dropped.
In 2010, he made a 28 minute short titled ''Scenes from the Suburbs'', inspired by the Arcade Fire album ''The Suburbs''. Scenes from his short were used in the music video to the title song from the album, "The Suburbs". A dystopian vision of suburbia in the near-future, the short was co-written by Jonze, Win Butler and Will Butler. Expanding on the themes of nostalgia, alienation and childhood, the short premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and saw it's online premiere at MUBI on June 27 2011.
Jonze is good friends with Björk and frequently works with her. He has directed three videos for her and she contributed with the theme song for Jonze's ''Being John Malkovich'' film.
Jonze is currently working on another project with the Beastie Boys for the release of their Santigold collaboration, "Don't Play No Game that I Can't Win." In a similar fashion to Jonze's recent work with Arcade Fire, he has directed both "short and epic-length videos" to partner with the single.
In 2011, Jonze directed the music video for "Otis" the second single from the album ''Watch The Throne'' by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
Personal life
On June 26, 1999, Jonze married director Sofia Coppola, whom he had known for nearly ten years. On December 5, 2003, the couple filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences." The character of John, a career-driven photographer (Giovanni Ribisi) in Coppola's ''Lost In Translation'' (2003), was rumored to be based on Jonze, though Coppola has vehemently denied this.He was known to be dating the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' lead singer, Karen O.
He dated Michelle Williams from July 2008 to September 2009. In 2011, it was reported that he is dating Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi.
Recurring collaborators
Spike Jonze has worked with certain actors and key crew members in more than one of his films.
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Filmography
Director
Feature films
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Budget ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | US Gross ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards |- | rowspan="1" | 1999 | ''Being John Malkovich'' | $13 million | $22,863,596 | 3 Oscar nominations; 4 GG nominations |- | rowspan="1" | 2002 | ''Adaptation'' | $19 million | $22,498,520 | 1 Oscar win, 3 nominations; 2 GG wins, 3 GG nominations |- | rowspan="1" | 2009 | ''Where the Wild Things Are'' | $100 million | $100,086,793 | 1 GG nomination |}
Short films
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1997 | ''How They Get There'' | Writer, Director |- | rowspan="1" | 1998 | ''Amarillo by Morning'' | Director |- | 1999 | ''Torrance Rises'' | Director, Choreographer, Actor |- | 2009 | ''We Were Once a Fairytale'' | Director |- | 2010 | ''I'm Here'' | Writer, Director |- | 2011 | ''Scenes from the Suburbs'' | Director |}
Music videos
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Song ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Artist ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |rowspan="2"|1992 | "High in High School" | Chainsaw Kittens | |- | "100%" | Sonic Youth | |- |rowspan="5"|1993 | "Cannonball" | The Breeders | Co-directed by Kim Gordon Produced by Steve Reiss |- | "Country at War" | X | |- | "Daughters of the Kaos" | Luscious Jackson | |- | "Hang On" | Teenage Fanclub | |- | "Time for Livin'" | Beastie Boys | |- |rowspan="12"|1994 | "All About Eve" | Marxman | |- | "Buddy Holly" | Weezer | |- | "Ditch Digger" | Rocket from the Crypt | |- | "Divine Hammer" | The Breeders | |- | "Feel the Pain" | Dinosaur Jr. | |- | "I Can't Stop Smiling" | Velocity Girl | |- | "If I Only Had a Brain" | MC 900 Ft. Jesus | |- | "Old Timer" | that dog. | |- | "Ricky's Theme" | rowspan="3"|Beastie Boys | |- | "Sabotage" | Also writer |- | "Sure Shot" | |- | "Undone - The Sweater Song" | Weezer | |- |rowspan="7"|1995 | "California" | Wax | |- | "Car Song" | Elastica | |- | "Crush with Eyeliner" | R.E.M. | |- | "Freedom of '76" | Ween | |- | "It's Oh So Quiet" | Björk | |- | "The Diamond Sea" | Sonic Youth | |- | "Who Is Next?" | Wax | |- | 1996 | "Drop" | The Pharcyde | |- | rowspan="7"|1997 | "Da Funk" | Daft Punk | |- | "Electrolite" | R.E.M. | |- | "Elektrobank" | The Chemical Brothers | |- | "It's All About the Benjamins" (Rock Remix) | Puff Daddy | |- | "Liberty Calls" | Mike Watt | |- | "Shady Lane" | Pavement | |- | "Sky's the Limit" | The Notorious B.I.G. | |- | rowspan="3"|1998 | "Home" | Sean Lennon | |- | "Praise You" | Fatboy Slim | A Torrance Public Film Production |- | "Root Down" version 2 | Beastie Boys | |- | rowspan="3"|2000 | "Weapon of Choice" | Fatboy Slim | |- | "What's Up, Fatlip?" | Fatlip | |- | "Wonderboy" | Tenacious D | As Marcus Von Bueler |- | rowspan="3"|2002 | "Island in the Sun" (version 2) | Weezer | |- | "Guess I'm Doing Fine" | Beck | |- | "It's in Our Hands" | Björk | |- | 2003 | "Big Brat" | Phantom Planet | |- |rowspan="2"|2004 | "Get Back" | Ludacris | |- | "Y Control" | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |- | rowspan="1"|2005 | "Triumph of a Heart" | Björk | |- | rowspan="1"|2008 | "Flashing Lights" | Kanye West | Co-directed with West |- | rowspan="2"|2009 | "Heaven" | UNKLE | Co-directed with Ty Evans |- | "25" | AsDSSka | Co-directed with Crysal Moselle |- |rowspan="2"|2010 | "Drunk Girls" | LCD Soundsystem | Co-directed with James Murphy |- | "The Suburbs" | Arcade Fire | |- | rowspan="2"|2011 | "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" | Beastie Boys | |- | "Otis" | Jay-Z & Kanye West | |- |}
Video
Skateboard videos
Other filmography
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1993 | ''Mi Vida Loca'' | rowspan="3"|Actor |- | 1996 | ''Pig!'' |- | rowspan="2" | 1997 | ''The Game'' |- | ''Free Tibet'' | Cinematographer |- | 1999 | ''Three Kings'' | Actor |- | rowspan="2" | 2001 | ''Human Nature'' | Producer |- | ''Keep Your Eyes Open'' | Actor |- | 2002 |'' Jackass: The Movie'' | Producer, Featured |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Jackass: Number Two'' | rowspan="2" | Producer, Featured |- | ''''The Fall'''' |- | rowspan="2"| 2008 | ''Synecdoche, New York'' | rowspan="2" | Producer |- | ''Heavy Metal in Baghdad'' |- | rowspan="1" | 2009 | ''The 1 Second Film'' | Producer, Appearing |- | rowspan="2" | 2010 |''Jackass 3D'' | Producer, Appearing |- |''Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life'' | Producer, Appearing |}
Television
| ! Year | ! Title | ! Position |
| 2000 | Creator, Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | ''Sonic Youth Video Dose'' | Actor |
| 2010 | ''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' | Actor - Doug Whitney |
References
Further reading
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External links
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