Known for movies
Short Info
Net Worth | $12 million, $12 million |
Date Of Birth | October 7, 1955 |
Spouse | Jill Hornor, Jill Hornor |
Fact | Attended Harvard University from 1972-1976 |
Who is Jill Hornor?
Jill Hornor is the wife of famous musician, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and a proud mother of their two children; the couple has been married since 1978. She is an art consultant, but there is no information about her accomplishments, and is also a German professor. Unfortunately, information about her birthdate and place remain unknown in the media.
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Early Life, and Education
From an early age Jill was interested in music, and took up the violin. Then while in Mount Holyoke High School, she become a part of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. Once she matriculated, Jill enrolled at Cornell University, from which she graduated with a degree in German literature. During her studies, she spent a year in Paris and has lived in several other European cities.

First Meeting with Yo-Yo Ma
Jill and Yo-Yo Ma met when they were both still teenagers, and as university separated them, they stayed in touch by messaging and email. The couple began a romantic relationship, which eventually resulted in marriage.
Popularity Through Marriage
If it wasn’t for Yo-Yo Ma, we might have never heard about Jill; detailed information about her still remain unknown in the media. However, the couple married in 1978, and since then they have welcomed two children, Emily Hornor Ma and Nicholas.

Jill Hornor Husband, Yo-Yo Ma
Unfortunately, information such as Jill’s career, net worth and other important details remain unknown to the media. So, stay with us for a few details about her husband, the Grammy Award-winning cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. He was born on the 7th of October 1955, in Paris, France of Chinese ancestry. He is a world-renowned cellist, who has released over 90 albums, and thanks to his accomplishments has won 18 Grammy Awards. Yo-Yo was initially recognized as a child prodigy, whose professional career began when he was only five years old. He is the son of Hiao-Tsiun Ma, who was a violinist and worked as a professor of music at Nanjing University, and mother Marina Lu, who was a singer. So, under the influence of his family, from an early age he learned to play several instruments, and as a five-year-old boy began performing. At the age of seven he moved to New York with the family, where he went to The Juilliard School. Then he enrolled at Columbia University, but changed to attend Harvard College, from which he graduated with a BA degree in 1976.

Yo-Yo Ma’s Success
He is the art director of the orchestra Silk Road Ensemble, and he is the one responsible for creating soundtracks for films such as “Seven Years On Tibet” (1997), “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000), “Memoirs Of A Geisha”, and several others.
Ma has also released more than 90 albums, which have also increased his net worth, and for which he is a recipient of 18 Grammy Awards, and numerous other prestigious awards, such as Avery Fisher Prize which he received in 1978, Glenn Gould Prize in 2011, Dan David Prize in 2006, and others. Ma was also awarded with National Medal of Arts in 2001, and ten years later he received Presidential Medal of Freedom, plus in 2012 he was the recipient of the Polar Music Prize. Yo-Yo Ma’s net worth is estimated at $20 million.
General Info
Full Name | Yo-Yo Ma |
Net Worth | $12 million, $12 million |
Date Of Birth | October 7, 1955 |
Height | 1.78 m, 1.78 m |
Profession | Composer, Cellist, Educator, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Composer, Cellist, Educator, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France, Lyon, France |
Education | Harvard University, Juilliard School, Columbia University, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Harvard University, Juilliard School, Columbia Lions men’s basketball, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France, Lyon, France |
Family
Spouse | Jill Hornor, Jill Hornor |
Children | Emily Ma, Nicholas Ma, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Nicholas Ma, Emily Ma, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France, Lyon, France |
Parents | Marina Lu, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Marina Lu, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France, Lyon, France |
Siblings | Yeou-Cheng Ma, Yeou-Cheng Ma |
Accomplishments
Awards | Kennedy Center Honors, Polar Music Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, National Medal of Arts, Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Avery Fisher Prize, Glenn Gould Prize, Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Dan David Prize, Grammy Award fo… |
Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Children’s, Miami, FL, United States, Houston, TX, USA, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New… |
TV Shows | Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach, Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach |
Social profile links
Quotes
# | Quote |
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1 | [on being considered a trail-blazer in world music] I basically think that if you open yourself up to a lot of things, history kind of makes you step back from what you are doing. You just feel, ‘Let’s make something happen!’. It’s a very slight change in attitude, but it does have ramifications in terms of what comes out. Essentially, you face an audience, you face your colleagues, and you say ‘This is all we have, let’s do something with it. There are many different reasons why people are in this room. Let’s do something worthwhile and make it count. There are so many people in the world, so many different forms of expression. So who are we? What we do? Let’s make this as precious as we can’. Maybe getting older has something to do with this attitude. Being aware of a much larger world, you’re aware of the scale and the total inconsequence of your own being. But what you can say is: any single voice does matter. Any individual action is in fact a human voice that is there to witness the world. That, in itself, is worthwhile. You have to keep both things in your head at once – the biggest possible picture and the most minute one – the ‘right now’. Then you have access to both objective and subjective narratives, you have perspective, so you don’t get lost. |
2 | Whenever I’ve had a dull moment in performing, it becomes absolutely, exquisitely painful. When it’s good you know, no matter how difficult the music is, time just flies by. When it’s not, time becomes excruciatingly slow – you’re Sisyphus pushing that boulder up the hill that never ends. People might still say,’That was a good performance’, but you feel absolutely horrible because you weren’t connecting with what the music is about. When I do connect, then I have the easiest job in the world. |
3 | I’d like to think that the the four strings on the cello are attached to my vocal chords. So whatever you think should be reflected in the sound, in the musculature of how you pull the bow and how it comes out, there should be no impediment between the thought and the sound. That’s something that people strive for, but never want to hear ‘So-and-so’s a great instrumentalist’. What you want to hear is, ‘Oh, that makes me think’. |
4 | Grow old gracefully by maintaining your curiosity. |
5 | I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment. |
Facts
# | Fact |
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1 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. [February 2011] |
2 | Recipient of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, along with Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins, and Meryl Streep. |
3 | Began playing cello at the age of four. |
4 | He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2001 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C. |
5 | Attended Harvard University from 1972-1976 |
6 | enrolled at Juilliard at age 9 |
7 | Son, NIcholas, born 1983. |
8 | Daughter, Emily, born 1985. |
9 | Named People Magazine’s Sexiest Classical Musician 2001. |
10 | Cellist. |
Pictures
Movies
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mozart in the Jungle | 2016 | TV Series performer – 2 episodes | |
Captain Fantastic | 2016 | performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010, Prélude” | |
The Simpsons | 2015 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Ex Machina | 2015 | performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite #1 in G Major BWV 1007 – Préludé” | |
Bill W. | 2012 | Documentary performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Courante”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Prelude, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007- Sarabande”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008- Prelude”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009- Bourree I/II”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010- Bourree I/II”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010- Courante”, | |
American Horror Story | 2011 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2011 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Independent Lens | 2003-2011 | TV Series documentary performer – 2 episodes | |
You Don’t Know Jack | 2010 | TV Movie performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D-Minor, BWV 1008: Courante”, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G-Major, BWV 1007: Prélude” | |
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary performer – 2 episodes | |
President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | TV Movie performer: “Air and Simple Gifts” | |
Tühirand | 2006 | Short performer: “Libertango” – uncredited | |
Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | performer: “Prelude From the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007” | |
The Company | 2003 | performer: “Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major, V. Menuett” | |
Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | Video performer: “Triple Concerto” | |
Alias | 2002 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Kindergarten | 2001 | TV Mini-Series performer: “HUSH” | |
Sex and the City | 2001 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Hush! | 2001 | performer: “Hush Little Baby” | |
De zee die denkt | 2000 | “The Protecting Veil” | |
The West Wing | 2000 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | performer: “A Love Before Time”, “Moonlight Lover” Mandarin Version | |
You Can Count on Me | 2000 | performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007/Prélude Instrumental” – uncredited | |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | performer: “PIANO QUARTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR; Opus 16, Second Movement” | |
The Horse Whisperer | 1998 | performer: “Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5. No. 1” | |
Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | Documentary performer: “Sonata No. 4 in C Major for Cello and Piano Op. 102, No. 1” | |
Liberty! The American Revolution | 1997 | TV Mini-Series performer: “When Bidden to the Wake or Fair”, “Song of the Liberty Bell for Violin and Strings” | |
Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011” | |
Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012” | |
Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009” | |
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010” | |
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007” | |
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | performer: “Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008” | |
The Tango Lesson | 1997 | “I Am You” / performer: “Libertango Reprise” | |
Mission: Impossible | 1996 | performer: “Divertimento in E-Flat Major for String Trio K.563” | |
Before Sunrise | 1995 | performer: “‘Andante’ from ‘Sonata No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027′” | |
Immortal Beloved | 1994 | performer: “Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 ‘Ghost'” | |
Another Woman | 1988 | performer: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite in D Major” |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Music of Strangers | 2015 | Documentary musician: cello | |
Live from Lincoln Center | 2013 | TV Series musician – 1 episode | |
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | 2010 | Documentary musician: cello | |
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary musician – 1 episode | |
Memoirs of a Geisha | 2005 | musician: cello solos | |
Suburban Symphony | 2004 | Video short musician: cello | |
Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series musician – 1 episode | |
Nova | 2003 | TV Series documentary musician – 1 episode | |
Naqoyqatsi | 2002 | Documentary musician: cello solos | |
Hush! | 2001 | musician: cello, “Hush Little Baby” | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | musician: cello solos | |
Seven Years in Tibet | 1997 | musician: cello solos |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Simpsons | 2015 | TV Series | Yo-Yo Ma |
The West Wing | 2000 | TV Series | Yo-Yo Ma |
Frasier | 1999 | TV Series | Tom |
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Black Lights White Shadows | 1986 |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Knowledge Is the Beginning | 2005 | TV Movie special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | 2015 | TV Special | Himself – Performer |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Live with Kelly and Michael | 2015 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest |
Weekend Today | 2015 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest |
The Music of Strangers | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
BBC Proms | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Yo-Yo Ma with the LA Phil | 2014 | Video | Himself |
Blue Gold: American Jeans | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
Charlie Rose | 1995-2013 | TV Series | Himself – Guest / Himself |
Great Performances | 2003-2012 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Soloist / Himself (solo cellist) |
Gustavo Dudamel & Yo-Yo Ma | 2012 | Video | Himself |
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter | 2012 | Short | Himself |
The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself – Honoree |
Huckabee | 2011 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest |
Tavis Smiley | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
The Colbert Report | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself – Guest / Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2006-2011 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest / Himself |
9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, Tenth Anniverary | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Cellist |
Yo-Yo Ma & Plácido Domingo | 2011 | Video | Himself |
Extraordinary Minds: Yo-Yo Ma | 2011 | Video | Himself |
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Music Instinct | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Chris Botti in Boston | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
The Music of ‘Memoirs’ | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Nobel Peace Prize Concert | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Great Conversations in Music | 2005 | TV Series | Cellist |
The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself – Performer |
Die Harald Schmidt Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself – Performer |
Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | Video | Himself (cellist) |
Arthur | 1999-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Multiple Identities: Encounters with Daniel Barenboim | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | |
Good Morning America | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself – Performer |
A Centennial Toast to Symphony Hall | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
Classic Yo-Yo Ma | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
American Masters | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
60 Minutes | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Cellist (segment “Ben Zander”) |
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood | 1985-1998 | TV Series | Himself |
Mark Morris Dance Group: A Dance Center in Brooklyn | 1998 | Short | Himself |
Warrior Songs: King Gesar | 1997 | TV Special documentary | Cello |
Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | Himself | |
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | Himself | |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1997 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest |
Sesame Street | 1988-1993 | TV Series | Himself |
An American Reunion: The People’s Inaugural Celebration | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
Isaac Stern: A Life – A Biography in Music | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1992 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest / Himself – Guest |
Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams | 1991 | Video documentary | Himself |
Carnegie Hall: Live at 100 | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad | 1990 | TV Special documentary | Performer |
Live from Lincoln Center | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
Presidential Inaugural Gala | 1989 | TV Movie | Himself |
Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
Liberty Weekend | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Ozawa | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Awards
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1998 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (1997) |
1991 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement – Classical Music/Dance Programming | Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990) |
1991 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Performance in a Music Special or Series | Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood (1990) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2001 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Music | Wo hu cang long (2000) |
1999 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Long Form Music Video | Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures (1997) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia