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Cello Wizardry2 : Leonard Rose and Yo-Yo Ma
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Leonard Rose (1918-1984) was Yo-Yo Ma

one of the greatest cellists of all

time! He was a cellist’s cellist who is still considered the ultimate model of lush
and gorgeous cello playing. Rose excelled in every aspect of his musical cra and
had tremendous success as a soloist, orchestral cellist, chamber musician and as
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a teacher.

One day the Istomin/Stern/Rose trio was rehearsing in Stern’s apartment, when
Stern said to Rose, “Someone is coming to play for you a er the rehearsal.” At
the appointed time, a little Yo-Yo Ma arrived, only nine years old, with his quarter
size cello. “Everything was from memory,” Rose recalled, “everything correct,
and really quite well in tune, although the sound was very small…. I knew the (https://interlude.hk/piano-te
boy had something, and that he was extremely gi ed.” This turned out to be an
understatement, as he immediately told Stern, “This is the best talent I’ve ever
had! I can’t believe it, I just can’t believe it.” According to Rose, Yo-Yo came to
every lesson perfectly prepared, and his first recital took place at Carnegie Hall
in 1971. Yo-Yo was only 15 and a critic for the New York Times wrote “The cello
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recital he gave was of a quality to make many an older man green with envy.”
And Rose offered the following assessment in 1984. “I am convinced that Yo-Yo
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rare, but he is so musical and has such a personality and a sense of style! He has
a beautiful sound on the instrument, and, of course, the thing that I absolutely
adore about Yo-Yo is that he is one of the nicest human beings in the world.”

Leonard Rose Yo-Yo was just as proud of Rose

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“One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart
knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his
own. Rose represented the beginning of my conscious search for independence
and individuality.” Leonard Rose died in 1984, and Yo-Yo wrote, “He was much
more than my teacher. He was my mentor and my friend…He was a genuinely
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