The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing.

The orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta performed in Central Park. Eisenhower and John F. Harper a noted fan of The Beatles played the piano and sang a rendition of "With A Little Help From My Friends" while Ma accompanied him on his cello.

He has received multiple Grammy Awards the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7 1955) is an Americancellist and virtuoso.