A look at Yo-Yo Ma's newest musical project, where nature becomes the concert venue

For award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, music is the compass taking him on a new journey around the country as part of his "Our Common Nature" program. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassman visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Ma to get a first look at his project that's transforming the great outdoors into concert venues to help people better connect with nature through music.
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  • @noble604
    @noble60411 ай бұрын

    Imagine the bliss of walking through the Smokies and happening on the amazing sounds of Yo-Yo Ma.

  • @NanaTee4770

    @NanaTee4770

    7 ай бұрын

    I live nearby and missed it when he came through! Hopefully this is an annual thing.

  • @heather_soprano
    @heather_soprano11 ай бұрын

    Yo-Yo Ma, one of the greatest musicians and humanitarians of the 21st century. Instead of remaining in an ivory tower of accolades and prestige, he is taking his musical gifts to the people…truly inspiring.

  • @shoshannafachima1306
    @shoshannafachima130611 ай бұрын

    When yo yo ma plays you can hear his soul singing and one can surely detect the combined beauty of nature and music❤

  • @groundedunorthodoxy8000
    @groundedunorthodoxy800011 ай бұрын

    Fully respect this artist

  • @Pam-hw3gz
    @Pam-hw3gz11 ай бұрын

    He is what is good in the world.

  • @CrazyCloudZen
    @CrazyCloudZen11 ай бұрын

    Yo-Yo is not just an extraordinary musician; he's also an incredible human being.

  • @cpromvijitify
    @cpromvijitify11 ай бұрын

    Yo yo has inspired peaceful spirit and he is such a good role model for humanity....❤

  • @cynthiafreed9870
    @cynthiafreed987011 ай бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷Music and nature. The two best things in life😊

  • @lain5678
    @lain567811 ай бұрын

    PLEASE come visit us in the wilds of Ireland Yo-Yo. We’d be honoured 💚💚💚🌎🌲

  • @violoncello42
    @violoncello4211 ай бұрын

    So incredible. As a professional cellist, I’ve grown up with Yo-Yo as a role model, not just as a musician, but as a human being. We are so lucky that the greatest artist of our generation is also one of the most humble and generous humans alive today. It’s an incredibly rare combination.

  • @pat_in_va8605
    @pat_in_va860511 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful human being.

  • @bethgoldman2560
    @bethgoldman256011 ай бұрын

    Cello. The instrument that sounds like a human voice. A women’s voice. Yo-Yo Ma has been one of the stars of this genre! I love his continued joy in sharing his talent! It would be an honor to hear him in such an environment!

  • @yvettedouglass4642
    @yvettedouglass464211 ай бұрын

    My gosh…this just moved me to tears…the beauty and sincerity of his words and actions. He is giving back to nature…and he speaks of unity and he is embodying it too, so beautiful, truly.

  • @lovethatagave
    @lovethatagave11 ай бұрын

    The man is a national treasure.

  • @ElisPalmer
    @ElisPalmer11 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful soul ~ 🌟

  • @lionlikemessenger
    @lionlikemessenger11 ай бұрын

    This was actually a wholesome news segment. Great job!

  • @sylviaboyd1010
    @sylviaboyd101011 ай бұрын

    He has moved classic music and the Cello to extraordinary heights for many people. He is an extraordinarily brilliant teacher.

  • @ionutzamfir5794
    @ionutzamfir57947 ай бұрын

    a man who could be sitting next to kings and emperors....best cellist ever. a Celibidache of the cello

  • @southend26
    @southend2611 ай бұрын

    Wonderful man and great musician.

  • @janicestevenson6496
    @janicestevenson649611 ай бұрын

    "This is the best truth I can find." Yo-Yo Ma Here is an excerpt from Steps to Knowledge on truth. "Truth is changeless, but it expresses itself within the world of changing circumstances and changing understanding... You who live in a world of change and are undergoing change yourself must realize that your Source is unchangeable... Trust can only be truly established when it is based upon that which cannot be changed, assaulted or destroyed... Truth itself, which is Knowledge itself, is ever changeless, ever loving and ever genuine... As you realize your true life is changeless, then you will feel free to allow it to express itself in changing circumstances... Here you will find peace in the world, for the world is changing, but you are not." (Marshall Vian Summers, STK)

  • @Vlad.o

    @Vlad.o

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this!

  • @ionutzamfir5794
    @ionutzamfir57947 ай бұрын

    YO YO-MA =a CELIBIDACHE of the cello and life

  • @marthajacovoni5162
    @marthajacovoni516211 ай бұрын

    You are my favorite musician! Your music makes me cry and makes my heart expands! 🥰❤️🙏😘

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun990011 ай бұрын

    Adorable like a heavenly angel

  • @patriciaredick9849
    @patriciaredick984911 ай бұрын

    ❤What a marvelous human.

  • @daniel51020
    @daniel5102011 ай бұрын

    A magnificent and worthy project. An inspiring, must listen story. Thank you.

  • @lowurcase3238
    @lowurcase323811 ай бұрын

    Thank mother nature for Ma!

  • @mollflanders9314
    @mollflanders931411 ай бұрын

    That tune in the Smokes made me cry.😢 An homage to dying Nature.

  • @christinarcelano2235
    @christinarcelano223511 ай бұрын

    A life well lived. Something we should all aspire to.

  • @LB-oj1kr
    @LB-oj1kr11 ай бұрын

    Love Yo Yo Ma and his music ❤

  • @hnttakata713
    @hnttakata71311 ай бұрын

    How exquisite.

  • @rachaelb9469
    @rachaelb946911 ай бұрын

    Love this! What a legend.

  • @Julianna74
    @Julianna7411 ай бұрын

    This is why music, and indeed all forms of art, is important. You couldn't get this experience with AI.

  • @deannamadrigal7503
    @deannamadrigal750311 ай бұрын

    I live on the Illinois River in Southern Oregon. Yo-Yo your more than welcome here anytime. I live completely immersed in nature. You would love it here, you could play right at the rivers edge..

  • @smrk2452
    @smrk245211 ай бұрын

    This is beautiful. Thank you!

  • @fredonianforever3526
    @fredonianforever352611 ай бұрын

    I've been following him and this is amazing. Get out to the smokies, and listen

  • @Scriabinfan593
    @Scriabinfan59311 ай бұрын

    It's one of my goals to go to one of his concerts.

  • @jenniferspring8741
    @jenniferspring874111 ай бұрын

    Love this, thank you!

  • @MicahScottPnD
    @MicahScottPnD11 ай бұрын

    Well, i love every second of this video

  • @englishrose4388
    @englishrose438811 ай бұрын

    He’s inspiring and seems so humble.

  • @deeceepnw
    @deeceepnw11 ай бұрын

    Yes 🙌🏼✨

  • @2-InfinityNBYND
    @2-InfinityNBYND11 ай бұрын

    Pure talent

  • @blakecparis6626
    @blakecparis662611 ай бұрын

    I LOVE YOYO MA!

  • @sherryfestinger6312
    @sherryfestinger631211 ай бұрын

    How Wonderful

  • @RabbitWhispererYT
    @RabbitWhispererYT11 ай бұрын

    I had just this idea a few months ago! Bring my cello on hikes and record Bach. So thrilled to see Yo-Yo Ma doing this-what an incredible project.

  • @CLB30ROX
    @CLB30ROX11 ай бұрын

    How beautiful is this! It would be lovely to catch one of the pop-up concerts in person 😁

  • @Ddal0ceano

    @Ddal0ceano

    11 ай бұрын

    Ditto!

  • @susanhawkins3890
    @susanhawkins389011 ай бұрын

    What a superb idea!!Va too has mountains in the Blue Ridge Mountains particularly!!!!

  • @phoebebaker1575
    @phoebebaker157511 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @gbarraco8888
    @gbarraco888811 ай бұрын

    I love this!

  • @haven5181
    @haven518111 ай бұрын

    Magnificent, true spirituality!💖

  • @thomaskline
    @thomaskline11 ай бұрын

    I now understand his connection with Rhiannon. They are each born teachers who love humanity!

  • @AngelicaFWhite
    @AngelicaFWhite11 ай бұрын

    Excellent initiative! ❤

  • @LonganLee
    @LonganLee11 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @smithconnie07
    @smithconnie0711 ай бұрын

    Cool!

  • @shannasullivan175
    @shannasullivan17511 ай бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Bmizzzle1
    @Bmizzzle111 ай бұрын

    I sure hope he plays “Promentory” whilst in the Smokey’s. And I sure hope we get to hear and see a video of it!!!

  • @nadiajulien8734
    @nadiajulien873411 ай бұрын

    💝💝💝👏🏻

  • @kristienp
    @kristienp11 ай бұрын

  • @sharontabor6612
    @sharontabor661211 ай бұрын

    CBS should have been with YoYo Ma when he played inside Mammoth Cave with the Louisville Orchestra a few months ago.

  • @Sanity_Faire

    @Sanity_Faire

    11 ай бұрын

    I should have myself! Wish I had known.

  • @raquelaguillon5336
    @raquelaguillon533611 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @pamelapieris
    @pamelapieris11 ай бұрын

    🌹🌹💕💕🙏🙏

  • @themochits
    @themochits11 ай бұрын

    More music in nature here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3ehqNCrpbCumag.html We played in a mini delta in the city limits of Bucharest. Nature + music = a sublime mood!

  • @kimyoung3484
    @kimyoung348411 ай бұрын

    🌹🌹🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👌👌👌👌

  • @ajg3768
    @ajg376811 ай бұрын

    Jo jo his instrument, what’s missing. 3 wolf’s howling behind him.

  • @grumpyoldlady_rants
    @grumpyoldlady_rants11 ай бұрын

    I could listen to Yo-yo Ma play all day long. Can anyone tell me the name of the piece he’s playing at about the 50 second mark?

  • @reid-dallin

    @reid-dallin

    11 ай бұрын

    the swan

  • @mopthermopther
    @mopthermopther11 ай бұрын

    Play Foggy Mountain Breakdown please 🙏🏻

  • @gregglockhart9551
    @gregglockhart955111 ай бұрын

    I’ve heard of Mo Ya-Ya.

  • @ladyelainefairchild3546
    @ladyelainefairchild354611 ай бұрын

    To call him a rock star is an insult. He got where he is by genius talent and hard work practicing hours since he was four years old.

  • @Blayze1017
    @Blayze101711 ай бұрын

    Maybe a duet with the snaggle toothed banjo player from Deliverance

  • @TommyWrenn
    @TommyWrenn11 ай бұрын

    Blues players have been doing this for decades.

  • @humanbeing3337
    @humanbeing333711 ай бұрын

    Playing a stringed instrument outdoors is so difficult because the temperature and humidity cause the instrument to go out of tune repeatedly

  • @greggoryrice7046
    @greggoryrice704611 ай бұрын

    He certainly never misses a chance to be in front of a camera.

  • @JP-lu9ed

    @JP-lu9ed

    11 ай бұрын

    Jealous?

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon10 ай бұрын

    Imagine if a Karen goes “oh hey don’t know who you are but you’re disturbing the peace”

  • @justme5923
    @justme592311 ай бұрын

    Just hope no bears around

  • @mindphaserxy
    @mindphaserxy11 ай бұрын

    Inside the national park...I can see it. Outside of it in Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg. Well maybe he can play cello with the hillbilly feud dinner shows or at one of the half a dozen Trump stores 😂

  • @alfonso365
    @alfonso36511 ай бұрын

    I always thought Yo-Yo Ma was an elderly black lady.

  • @andrewharris1837
    @andrewharris183711 ай бұрын

    Why ruin nature.stay in concert hall

  • @philoctetes_wordsworth
    @philoctetes_wordsworth11 ай бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🥰🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻💐💐💐💋💋🇺🇸🌸 (Note to producers: was the original, Cherokee name created in the 1800’s? I DOUBT IT. Why did you call it the “Cherokee name from the 1800’s”? Why? That is insane. Do you believe the Cherokees came up with that name, especially for the white annihilators? You disgust me.)