On the heels of Yo-Yo Ma’s current success with his best-selling album, Songs of Joy & Peace, the superstar cellist has been invited to perform at the inauguration of President-elect Obama on January 20, 2009.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill will perform a new work composed by John Williams, who also provided music for Obama’s election night rally in Chicago’s Grant Park.

In the meantime, listen to Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss perform “The Wexler Carol” from Yo-Yo Ma’s new album, Songs of Joy and Peace.”