Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

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.