Hello and I'm a

I'm a classical music podcast.

My name is Joshua Wilerstein.

I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic director of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in

Lozan Switzerland. This Luzon, Switzerland.

This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready

to dive in to this amazing world of incredible music.

Before we get started, I want to thank my Patreon sponsors Andrew and Matt for making season 2 possible.

And if you would like to help the show out monetarily, please check out our Patreon page,

Patreon.com slash Sticky Notes podcast. My guest today needs no

introduction. I'm so happy to welcome the legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma onto the show today.

We talked to the Tanglewood Festival in the middle of August, and anyone who knows Tanglewood knows that it's a busy place, so do part in the small intrusions of background noise.

Now, today's interview isn't really a typical interview. It starts from a conversation that

Yoyo and I had in Washington DC, which sparked my interest in talking to him about an issue

near and dear to his heart, being a musical citizen. That's what the bulk of today's

interview is about and just to give you a little outline of the show we first

talk about what that phrase musical citizen really means. Then what drove Yo-Yo to take this path of focusing

on the contribution music could have on society. We then talk about his famous embrace of dozens

of styles of music from around the world and then playing off

that how to have dialogue with those who we might vehemently disagree with.

It was such a joy to talk with the Oyo about all of this and I really hope you enjoy it.

On to the interview which starts right in the middle of things.

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