Yo-Yo Ma Simulcast at TAMIU Friday

Laredoans will have the rare opportunity to hear and see a simulcast concert by the world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a live transmission scheduled Friday, April 12, 2019 at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

The performance will be broadcast from San Antonio to Laredo and available for viewing in TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

The simulcast viewing is free of charge and open to the public and will feature Yo-Yo Ma performing all six of J. S. Bach’s cello suites.

It is part of a two-year journey to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in 36 locations around the world, music that is among the first Yo-Yo ever learned when he began playing the cello at age four.

The project is motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with the music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity at a time when our civic conversation is so often focused on division.

Alongside each concert, Yo-Yo and his team partner with artists and culture makers, cultural and community organizations, and leaders from across sectors to design conversations, collaborations, and performances – “Days of Action.”

After his San Antonio performance, the artist will travel to Los dos Laredos for a Day of Action on Saturday, April 13. 

Ma’s Saturday visit is scheduled to include a short public performance on International Bridge I, a visit to Nuevo Laredo, México,  the Laredo Center for the Arts, and a Pachanga at Tres Laredos Park, among other activities.

Information on Saturday’s Laredo events is being shared on the  official “Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Project Day of Action - Laredo” Facebook page  at https://www.facebook.com/laredodayofaction/

The Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra information is available at: https://www.thelaredophil.com/day-of-action

For more about Yo-Yo Ma and the  Bach Project, visit http://bach.yo-yoma.com

TAMIU information is available from the  TAMIU Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Information Services at 956.326.2180, by email at prmis@tamiu.edu, on the web at  tamiu.edu, or by visiting offices in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, room 268.

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