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Yo-Yo Ma, DSO link up for stirring season-opening gala as orchestra nets $1.1 million
(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 orchestra’s musicians donated their services for the evening. ..........(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2023/10/01/detroit-symphony-orchestra-dso-yo-yo-ma-opening-gala/71023760007/
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