Awards and Recognitions
- Grammies
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
- 1986 Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Minor Op. 38, and F Op. 99 (RCA 17022)
- 1987 Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations (CBS 42121)
- 1992 Brahms: Piano Quartets Op. 25, Op. 26 (Sony 45846)
- 1993 Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Sony 48191)
- 1996 Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios (Sony 57499)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance:
- 1990 Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (CBS 44900)
- 1993 Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (Sony 48382)
- 1995 The New York Album – Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch (Sony 57961)
- 1998 Yo-Yo Ma Premieres – Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse (Sony Classical 66299)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance:
- 1985 Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites (CBS 37867)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
- 1995 The New York Album, Stephen Albert: Cello Concerto (Sony 57961)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album:
- 1998 Yo-Yo Ma Premieres – Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse (Sony Classical 66299)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album:
- 1999 Soul of the Tango – The Music of Ástor Piazzolla (Sony Classical 63122)
- 2001 Appalachian Journey (Sony 66782)
- 2004 Obrigado Brazil (Sony 89935)
- 2010 Songs of Joy & Peace (Sony Classical B001BN1V8U)
- Others
- 1978: Avery Fisher Prize
- 1999: Kennedy Center Honor
- 2001: National Medal of Arts
- 2004: Latin Grammy for Best Instrumental Album at the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards for Obrigado Brazil (Sony 89935)
- 2005: Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) (honoris causa) at Princeton University
- 2006: Dan David Prize
- 2006: Léonie Sonning Music Prize
- 2007: Award of Distinction at the International Cello Festival
- 2011: Glenn Gould Prize
- 2011: Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded on February 15, 2011
- 2012: Polar Music Prize
- 2012: Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration Award by Songlines magazine's annual 2012 Songlines Music Awards, for his work The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
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