Barbara Cook Meryl Streep Neil Diamond Sonny Rollins Yo-Yo Ma

September 7th, 2011

Meryl Streep leads this year’s list of Kennedy Center Honors recipients, a group that also includes Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins, Yo-Yo Ma and Barbara Cook.

The organization made the announcements this morning.

President and Mrs. Obama will host the five performers at a White House reception on December 4, followed by the event at the Kennedy Center itself.