Yo-Yo Ma
What could be a bigger buzz for classical music buffs than hearing the man hailed as the world’s greatest living cellist unleash one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s fiendishly difficult Suites beneath the Acropolis? How about hearing him tackle six of them back-to-back?
Former child prodigy Yo-Yo Ma has played for eight American presidents and collects Grammy gongs as a hobby (current count:18). Now he’s coming to Athens to perform his Bach marathon at the Roman-era Odeon of Herod Atticus as part of his current world tour.
“Bach’s cello suites have been my constant musical companions,” says Ma. “For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, it continues to help us navigate through troubled times?”
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Price: From €30
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Time: 21.00
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Dionysiou Areopagitou, 105 55
- +30 210 928 2900
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