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Cellist¹ Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Near a southern border crossing today in Laredo, Texas, where the wait to cross into Mexico can take hours, something different could be heard above the crowds. Renowned² cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed, saying he wanted music to set the tone there, not politics. Texas Public Radio's Norma Martinez reports.

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YO-YO MA: (Playing cello³).

NORMA MARTINEZ, BYLINE⁴: On a sunny, hazy⁵, humid morning, cellist Yo-Yo Ma played the opening notes of J.S. Bach's "Suite⁶ No. 1 For Unaccompanied Cello" just feet from the river that separates Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. It's part of Ma's Bach project, taking Bach's music to 36 locations around the world to explore connections between cultures. Moore was originally scheduled to perform on the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge, but the wait times to cross the bridge are hours long because hundreds of border agents have been temporarily redirected away from the ports of entry. Ma chose to perform at Tres Laredos Park a stone's throw from the bridge that links the two nations.

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MA: I've lived my life at the borders between cultures, between disciplines, between musics, between generations.

MARTINEZ: Ma addressed the crowd after his performance. He gestured to the bridge to his right.

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MA: As you all know, as you did and do and will do, in culture, we build bridges - not walls.

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MARTINEZ: Sixteen-year-old Mateo Bailey lives in San Antonio. He grew up in El Paso, plays the cello and is the son of Grammy award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey. He felt Ma's performance had special significance.

MATEO BAILEY: Because it's on the border, and I'm half Mexican as well as half American. And for him to connect both cultures like this is really special because I've grown up with the cello. And for him to connect cello with what's really happening in the world is - like, it's a cultural bridge that - which is built, and it's just amazing.

MARTINEZ: Pete Saenz, mayor of Laredo, said despite the river, despite the bridge spanning overhead, the border is one community.

PETE SAENZ: And although people may perceive us as being so different, we're not. Here at the border is extremely unique in that it's one organism. I've always said, you know, we're interdependent, interconnected.

MARTINEZ: And that's the type of interconnection Ma is highlighting with his two-year-long Bach Project.

MA: I love these two cities. I felt I was so welcomed into really their spaces. It's left an indelible mark in my memory.

MARTINEZ: For NPR News, I'm Norma Martinez in Laredo, Texas.

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MA: (Playing cello).

1 cellist   

n.大提琴手

参考例句：

• The cellist's bowing was very sensitive . 那位大提琴手的弓法十分细腻。 来自辞典例句
• World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded The Silk Road Project in 1998. 世界闻名的大提琴家马友友于1998年创建了丝路工程。 来自互联网

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 cello   

n.大提琴

参考例句：

• The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
• She plays a melodious cello.她拉着一手悦耳的大提琴。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 hazy   

adj.有薄雾的，朦胧的；不肯定的，模糊的

参考例句：

• We couldn't see far because it was so hazy.雾气蒙蒙妨碍了我们的视线。
• I have a hazy memory of those early years.对那些早先的岁月我有着朦胧的记忆。

6 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。