Yo-Yo Ma ( born 7 October 1955 ) is a famous cellist . He is a French-born Chinese American . Yo-Yo Ma ( ; born October 7 , 1955 ) is a French-born American cellist , virtuoso , orchestral composer of Chinese descent , and winner of multiple Grammy Awards , the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 .