This week, Juilliard came together for powerful performances, joyful festivities, and a shared commitment to the arts—all in support of Juilliard’s mission to expand scholarship funding and journey toward a tuition-free future. The program reflected extraordinary potential and spirit across the stage, represented by our Music, Dance, Drama, and Preparatory divisions. In a surprise guest appearance, alum Yo-Yo Ma shared, “Juilliard is in the business of awe and wonder,” a sentiment that perfectly

[BIRTHDAY] 🎂❤️ Wonderful cellist Yo-Yo Ma celebrates his birthday today! Let's wish him all the best in music with his moving rendition of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra! 🎂❤️ https://cutt.ly/lmgObs9 | medici.tv

😍🎵 Accompany Yo-Yo Ma in his musical pilgrimage around the world, playing Bach’s cello suites that are so dear to him and to us. Here he plays the first Suite in G Major in the stunning decor Athens’s Odeon of Herodes Atticus! 😍🎵 https://bit.ly/475voTQ | medici.tv

I’ve spent decades trying to get this piece right. At some point, I found a way in: in the same way that a river begins far before we meet it, I imagine this music starting long before I play the first note; I just have to join it. Like the river, the music is always flowing, and like the river, it’s always changing. All I have to do is picture a river, feel its energy, get into its flow, and follow it. ___ Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 (Live from the Smoky Mountains) Video by Austin Man

Celebrate 40 years of Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites with the 1983 Sessions. | Yo-Yo Ma