From a bestselling and awardwinning team comes a moving, gorgeously illustrated picturebook biography of one of the greatest cellists of all time, YoYo Ma, and his lifelong passion for using music to unite people in harmony and joy.Ive been asking myself all my life, What is the purpose of music? YoYo Ma 4 starred reviews! "Will move some readers to tears and make them think about the special gifts each person possesses." (Kirkus) At a young age, YoYo Ma discovered a remarkable gift for the cello, playing Bach from memory by age four. His technique was far beyond his years, but even as he grew and became a worldclass musicianstudying at Juilliard, performing at Carnegie Hall at a young age, even playing on television before the president of the United Stateshe wanted to use his gift for something deeper, something bigger. As he asked question after question, trying to understand his place in the world, he discovered something that every culture has in common music. Ma decided that he would spend his life not only performing for others, but learning from other cultures musical traditions and finding ways to unite people. Even as he dedicated himself to humanitarian work around the world, Ma also dedicated himself to teaching a new generation of young cellists to play with their whole hearts, bodies, and souls, like he doeshow to find the music inside themselves. From James Howe, bestselling author of Bunnicula, and Jack Wong, awardwinning author/illustrator of When You Can...

Binding: Hardcover;48 pages; Publisher: Abrams and Chronicle Books IWUK; Classification: YBC; Weight: 706 g; Dimensions: 263 x 261 x 15

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