Music of Strangers, The: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Striking, spectacular music dominates this fascinating, inspirational, 96-minute, 2015 documentary about the aspirations and goals of legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma who created the Silk Road Ensemble project in which he gathered an eclectic, talented group of international musicians, including Wu Man (China), clarinetist Kinan Azmeh (Syria), kamancheh player Keyhan Kalhor (Iran), bagpiper/pianist Cristina Pato (Spain), Kojiro Umezaki (Japan), Johnny Gandelsman (Israel/Russia), Kevork Mourad (Syria), and Bobby McGill, in 2000 to perform around the world and consists of insights from composers Tan Dun and Osvaldo Golijov, former executive director Theodore Levin, violinist Isaac Stern, former Galicia's Minister of Culture Roberto Varela, manager Isbabel Soffer, and Keyhan's wife Zohreh.
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