Can Hong Kong get Yo Yo Ma to come teach in HK?
That might help kick-start some enthusiastic arts education here Hong Kong as: “an international cultural and creative metropolis” ?? Not yet, but… WKCD needs a major world symbol to show it is serious about its efforts. They should budget for a major Teacher/Performer in residence. They could do no better than Yo Yo Ma! : : Profile: http://www.mahalo.com/Yo-Yo_Ma … his website: http://www.yoyoma.com (He’s a brilliant teacher, according to someone who helped to inspire his “Silk Road” project)* With more than 50 albums and 14 Grammy Awards under his belt, Ma reveals what has inspired him over all these years, People inspire me. I think that the human spirit is capable of invention and of being able to pull through in difficult times. Nature inspires me, I am always looking at the world with certain curiosity and wonder, and that has stayed with me since childhood. LISTEN UP … here you can hear some Silk Road project music: http://www.masilkroad.com/index2.html *here’s my story on
