Yo-Yo Ma was a very naughty boy

In a wide-ranging interview with Terry Gross for WHYY Fresh Air
(distributed by NPR), as a child prodigy at Juliard, he skipped class
and drank heavily, drinking heavily enough to land in the hospital. His
mother guilted his father into giving up his one or two glasses of wine
on occasion as a bad example to his son.

The things you never knew about classical musicians...

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/29/1197967745/yo-yo-ma