Press Coverage for The Music of Strangers

The Wall Street Journal
Review by Joe Morgenstern, Movie Critic

“A JOYOUS REVELATION, a group portrait of superb musicians from all over the world offering music as an emblem of what people can do in these fractious times when they live in concert with one another.”

The New York Times
Review by Ken Jaworowski

“If the screen went dark during The Music of Strangers that would be a disappointment. But if the sound failed, that would be a tragedy. While this documentary, subtitled “Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble” is lovely to watch, it’s even more beautiful to hear.

‘I’m always trying to figure out, at some level, who I am and how I fit in the world, which I think is something that I share with seven billion other people,’ Mr. Ma says early in the film. That curiosity led him to assemble the Silk Road Ensemble, a collective of some 50 musicians and other artists from across the globe.”