2018年，马友友展开一个全新旅程。他会在全球36个不同地点，一气呵成演奏整套共6首巴赫的无伴奏大提琴组曲。这位曾为八位美国总统演奏过的天才儿童，现今国际知名的大提琴家，首站选择于希腊的雅典卫城古剧场，演奏这6首无伴奏大提琴组曲。

当他将步入人生第70个年头之际，正努力思考身为一位年长的音乐家，如何为自己演奏的曲目带来变化：「这可能是我痴心妄想，但我希望自己拥有更多可演奏的旋律。而这些组曲是很有意义的。他们不单是伴侣，更是朋友。这些乐曲在我人生的不同阶段，有不同的体会。

马友友是最成功的演奏家之一。在大概90个录音当中，就有18个获得格林美音乐大奖。「我录制了巴赫的组曲两次，上一次是在我40岁前进行的。每次我演奏这些组曲，也是自我检视演奏技巧的方法。」那他究竟学到了什么？「我学会了如何令单一旋律的乐器更悦耳。我的挑战是如何透过手上的乐器，让听众享受四个声部的感觉。

在这场音乐朝圣中，马友友展现一种音乐告白，其模式及完美技术并非重点，反而节奏、张力和内在的脉搏才是各位该留意的地方。这旅程不单展现他与音乐建立长达六十年的关系，也来自巴赫在这公民对话经常侧重于分歧的时刻，仍能和我们这些普通人沟通的能力。现在，观众有机会在雅典这标志性的环境中体验这种令人着迷、令人难忘的演出。这场演奏绝对是不容错过的音乐会之一。

播放频道：	港台电视31、31A
播出时间：	(首播)	2020年5月23日 星期六  晚上10时45分
	(重温)	2020年5月24日 星期日 下午1时

In 2018, Yo-Yo began a new journey, setting out to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in one sitting, across 36 locations around the world.

The internationally acclaimed cellist performs The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites at the Odeon marking his first appearance in Greece. As he approaches his seventh decade, the former child prodigy, who has played for eight US presidents, is thinking about what an older musician brings to his repertoire: “It’s still wishful thinking but maybe I have more tools. These suites are so meaningful. They’re not only companions and friends, but they’ve also been reference points in my life.”

Yo-Yo Ma is one of the most successful instrumentalists with about 90 recordings, 18 of which are Grammy Award winners. “I’ve recorded the Bach suites twice, the last time just before I was 40. Every time I play them, it’s a check-in of what I’ve learned since the last time.” What has he learned? “I’ve learned about trying to make the piece more polyphonic for a single-line instrument. My challenge is how to communicate that and have the listener participate in the illusion of four voices.”

On this musical pilgrimage Yo-Yo Ma unfolds a musical confession, in which neither patterns nor technical perfection are the center of attention, but rhythm, tension and inner pulse. It is a journey motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with the music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our common humanity at a time when our civic conversation is often focused on division. Audiences now have the chance to experience this spellbinding, unforgettable performance in an iconic setting in Athens. This concert is one of the unmissable music events.

Channel:	RTHK 31、31A
Time:	(First Run)	2020.5.23 SAT 10:45pm
	(Re-run)	2020.5.24 SUN 1:00pm