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Arooj Aftab

  • From left to right: composer and kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor, cellist Karen Ouzounian, and singer Arooj Aftab.
    “We The People,” Part 3: Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Voices of Our Time at Tanglewood
    In the final part of a three-concert series curated by Yo-Yo Ma, Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab joins Ma in John Tavener’s Mahámátar, followed by Kayhan Kalhor’s Venus in the Mirror with the composer and cellist Karen Ouzounian, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Azul with BSO cellist Christine Lee.
  • Yo-Yo Ma plays his cello outside in a forest drenched in sunshine. He pulls the bow across his cello strings and smiles up at the sky.
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    With Gratitude and Hope, Yo-Yo Ma Looks to the Future
    Ahead of "We The People," a week-long festival he curated for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma speaks about the power of practicing gratitude, music's role in restoring the spirit, and what we can learn from Johannes Brahms.