World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma remembers what it was like to play for President John F. Kennedy when he was only 7. | By Bloomberg | Facebook | You were already fairly accomplished.
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Leonard Bernstein Introduces 7-Year-Old Yo-Yo Ma: Watch the Youngster Perform for John F. Kennedy (1962) | Open Culture
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Arts and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy summons a brief shining moment when the arts captured America's imagination – Seen and Heard International
![Yo-Yo Ma, uno de los cinco Becarios 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, derecho, escucha al ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Bill Clinton, a la izquierda, tras una cena organizada por la Secretaria Yo-Yo Ma, uno de los cinco Becarios 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, derecho, escucha al ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Bill Clinton, a la izquierda, tras una cena organizada por la Secretaria](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/daf5j3/yo-yo-ma-uno-de-los-cinco-becarios-2011-kennedy-center-honors-derecho-escucha-al-ex-presidente-de-los-estados-unidos-bill-clinton-a-la-izquierda-tras-una-cena-organizada-por-la-secretaria-de-estado-hillary-rodham-clinton-en-el-departamento-de-estado-de-los-estados-unidos-en-washington-d-c-el-sabado-3-de-diciembre-de-2011-credito-ron-sachs-cnp-daf5j3.jpg)
Yo-Yo Ma, uno de los cinco Becarios 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, derecho, escucha al ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Bill Clinton, a la izquierda, tras una cena organizada por la Secretaria
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