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CultureConnect Ambassadors teach, learn and listen in many ways: at performances, recitals, Master Classes, or even with students over lunch. Our photo galleries offer you a "front row seat," and are updated with each trip—check back often!

Fun in Master Class in Seoul

June 2004: Seoul, Korea, and Beirut, Lebanon.
Yo-Yo Ma goes to Korea and Lebanon to meet music students, give Master Classes, and perform with local artists. See him teach and laugh with these youth here.

The Iraqi National Symphony returns March-April 2004! With a busy schedule in New York and Washington, D.C., the six-member delegation of INSO violinists and cellists took Masterclasses at the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and teamed up with Yo-Yo Ma's famous Silk Road Players, performing on April 8 at Carnegie Hall. Some visited Miner Elementary School in Washington, DC. See photos from their second visit.

Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma and National Symphony Orchestra meet in Washington, D.C. for the first time. Yo-Yo Ma and the National Symphony Orchestra joined the Iraqi National Symphony's first concert in America (December 2003). Playing beautiful pieces by Iraqi and Western composers, they enjoyed learning from each other. See a collection of photos from their visit here.

The Iraqis Travel to Washington, D.C., December 2003
It was a long trip by airplane! See photos of the INSO's welcome and their first day in Washington, D.C.

Rehearsal day! The INSO, NSO and Yo-Yo Ma finally meet
With a good night's sleep and some sightseeing behind them, the members of the INSO were scheduled to rehearse at the Kennedy Center. See photos of rehearsal and a bit of fun.View the photos.

Yo-Yo Ma visited Vilnius, Lithuania, in June 2003
As CultureConnect Ambassador, he met with young students to establish dialogue between the United States and Lithuania through music. See photos from his visit here.