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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

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Morgan Neville

Caitrin Rogers

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Music: Classical

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

25/02/2018

BBC Four - Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The story of the international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Film telling the story of the international musical collective created by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. A portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind.

Documentary telling the extraordinary story of the international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. This uplifting film follows this group of diverse instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers as they explore the power of music to preserve tradition, shape cultural evolution and inspire hope. 

Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, the Silk Road Ensemble is an international collective drawn from an ever-changing line-up of more than 50 performers. Blending performance footage, personal interviews and archival film, the film focuses on the journeys of a small group of Silk Road Ensemble mainstays to create a vivid portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind.

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