Leonard Bernstein presents 7 year old Yo Yo Mas high profile debut for President John F. Kennedy
The New York Times reported that on November 29, 1962, a benefit concert called The American Pageant of the Arts was to be held with a cast of 100, including President and Mrs. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leonard Bernstein (as master of ceremonies), Pablo Casals, Marian Anderson, Van Cliburn, Robert Frost, Fredric March, Benny Goodman, Bob Newhart and a 7yearold Chinese cellist called Yoyo Ma, who was brought to the program s attention by As biographer Jim Whiting noted, the article was
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