Yo-Yo Ma, DSO link up for stirring season-opening gala as orchestra nets $1.1 million
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Detroit Free Press) An old tradition returned in grand new style on a joyful Saturday night at Orchestra Hall.
For the first time in two decades, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra threw a season-opening gala, this time accompanied by the virtuoso playing and winsome charms of cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Ma, as playful onstage as he was engrossed with the music, treated the Orchestra Hall audience to an expressive performance of Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the DSO and was duly rewarded with five rousing ovations.
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The night was a bona fide hit, and not just musically: The event raised more than $1.1 million for the DSO, said organization president and CEO Erik Ronmärk. The orchestras musicians donated their services for the evening. ..........(more)
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