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Yo-Yo Ma, new BSO director hold joint performance

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, left, and Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, right, embrace after rehearsing Prokofiev’s Symphony Concerto for cello and orchestra at Symphony Hall, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Boston. The rehearsal was in advance of a Thursday evening performance that will be the first time the two perform together with the orchestra. Originally from Latvia, Nelsons is the 15th music director in the BSO's history. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, left, and Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, right, embrace after rehearsing Prokofiev’s Symphony Concerto for cello and orchestra at Symphony Hall, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Boston. The rehearsal was in advance of a Thursday evening performance that will be the first time the two perform together with the orchestra. Originally from Latvia, Nelsons is the 15th music director in the BSO's history. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

By Associated Press November 20, 2014 1 min read

BOSTON (AP) – Yo-Yo Ma and Andris Nelsons got a chance to make some beautiful music together.

Ma, the internationally acclaimed cellist, and Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, have joined forces for their first BSO performance together.

The pair rehearsed Thursday ahead of an evening performance kicking off a sold-out, three-concert series featuring Prokofiev’s Symphony Concerto for cello and orchestra.

The Latvian-born Nelsons is the 15th music director in the BSO’s history, and at age 36, he’s the youngest in more than a century.