Cellist Yo-Yo Ma spent the 15-minute observation period required to screen for allergic reactions after getting his Covid-19 vaccine giving a free concert.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Over this past year, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been working to provide comfort and support to those who may be struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Saturday, he transformed a Massachusetts vaccination clinic into a temporary concert hall, in a moment that residents called a symbolic representation of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Ma, 65, received his second shot, alongside his wife, Jill Hornor, at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
When he arrived at the clinic carrying his cello, the nurse who gave him his vaccine asked whether he would be willing to use his 15-minute observation period to offer a short concert to those in the waiting area.
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Yo-Yo Ma treated unsuspecting strangers to an impromptu performance Saturday at a vaccination site in the Berkshires.
The famed cellist, 65, was at the Berkshire Community College field house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to get his second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine when he turned the 15-minute post-vaccination observation period into a world-class concert, according to local paper the Berkshire Eagle.
A video of the performance from Berkshire Community College shows Ma, who lives in the area part time, sitting in a chair against the wall, wearing a mask and playing Ave Maria, originally composed by Franz Schubert in 1825.