Monday, August 4, 2008

Yo-Yo Ma's Montagnana

(Photograph by Stephen Danelia)


This from the Boston Globe

I just have to say that when I've played a really, really, no, really fine instrument, I've been humbled. I once had a crack and Joseph Gingold's Del Jesu, once played on a really great Guadinini in Tacoma, and a Goffriller that a teacher was trying out. I'm really happy with my Steve Banchero cello that plays like a powerhouse and feels like my voice, but when you get into instruments worth multiples of homes, they don't really mess around. They really are that great. They're even easier to play. Imagine!