Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired By Bach Vol.3 - Sony Music Entertainment

"Struggle for Hope"

with Tamasaburo Bando (choreographer)
Featuring Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach
Directed and Produced by Niv Fichman

Master Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando sets out on a journey to discover, through traditional Japanese dance, the universality end emotion of Bach's Fifth Suite. The result is this revelatory, cross-cultural and trans-oceanic collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, sensitively documented by filmmaker Niv Fichman.


"Six Gestures"

with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Featuring Suite No. 6 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach
Directed by Patricia Rozema
Produced by Niv Fichman

Bach and ice dance? Yo-Yo Ma believes that world champion ice dancer Torvill and Dean have done for their sport what Bach did for the cello: that is, to dramatically redefine the artistic possibilities and to shatter all preconceptions. Patricia Rozema's mesmerizing film explores the outcome of this unlikely collaboration, with Bach himself as the dramatic counterpoint.