Yo-Yo Ma Plays Mozart With Afghan Refugees in Portugal

World renown U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma high fives after a performance at the Music School of the National Conservatory in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 29, 2022. Armando Franca/AP Photo

LISBON, Portugal—Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Tuesday for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Ma joined young Afghan and Portuguese musicians on a small stage at the National Conservatory, where the refugees who arrived last December are studying.