Yo-Yo Ma: Quick Facts
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Fire alarm cuts Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma Harvard event short as graduate student union pickets outside
• Nov. 9, 2026, 4:54 PM ET (Los Angeles Times)
Stephen Colbert Evacuated From Harvard Event Due to Fire Alarm After Being Accused of Crossing Picket Line
• Nov. 8, 2026, 2:59 PM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)
Tom Di Nardo, former Inquirer and Daily News music writer, and longtime Peco electrical engineer, has died at 89
• Oct. 15, 2026, 4:47 PM ET (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Facts
| Born | October 7, 1955 (age 71) • Paris • France |
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| Awards And Honors | Praemium Imperiale (2021) • Kennedy Center Honors (2011) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011) • Grammy Award (2009) • Grammy Award (2003) • Grammy Award (2000) • Grammy Award (1998) • Grammy Award (1997) • Grammy Award (1995) • Grammy Award (1994) • Grammy Award (1992) • Grammy Award (1991) • Grammy Award (1989) • Grammy Award (1986) • Grammy Award (1985) • Grammy Award (1984) |
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