Awards & Winners

Yo-Yo Ma

Awards by Yo-Yo Ma

Check all the awards nominated and won by Yo-Yo Ma.

2012


Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
Honored for : The Goat Rodeo Sessions
(Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, artists. Richard King, engineer/mixer. Steven Epstein, producer.)

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Folk Album The Goat Rodeo Sessions

2011


Kennedy Center Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches - Daytime Children's Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage

2009


Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Songs of Joy & Peace
(Producer, Engineer/Mixer, Artist)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album Songs of Joy & Peace

2004


Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album
Honored for : Obrigado Brazil

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album Obrigado Brazil

2003


Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Obrigado Brazil
(engineer, artist, producer, conductor)

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album Obrigado Brazil

2000


Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Appalachian Journey

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album Appalachian Journey

1998


Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Honored for : Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach
(Falling Down Stairs)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Music Film Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla
Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach
Falling Down Stairs

1997


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Honored for : Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
(Artist, Conductor)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Honored for : Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
(Artist, Producers)

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)

1995


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios

1994


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Honored for : The New York Album
(Artist)

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) The New York Album

1992


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : Brahms, Sonatas for Cello and Piano (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Honored for : Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Brahms, Sonatas for Cello and Piano (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax)

1991


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : The Piano Quartets (feat. piano: Emanuel Ax, violin: Isaac Stern, viola: Jaime Laredo, cello: Yo-Yo Ma)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Classical Music or Dance Programming
Honored for : Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance The Piano Quartets (feat. piano: Emanuel Ax, violin: Isaac Stern, viola: Jaime Laredo, cello: Yo-Yo Ma)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Classical Music or Dance Programming Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad

1989


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Honored for : Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
(Artist)

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra

1986


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations

1985


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : Cello Sonatas
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Honored for : Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Cello Sonatas

1984


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Honored for : Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites