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Linking this message with music, Ma says he came to the realization that “the true purpose of music” is essentially to provide an avenue “to engage the world” in meaningful conversation. According to Ma, musical conversations should help answer questions like, “What does our world look like right now? Why aren’t people talking to one other? How do you create a community? How do you bridge a community? How do you even define a community? Because people are moving around so much...
...Ma is careful to admit that like any young person away from home, he was a confused college student desperately seeking to discover his true calling. “I knew I played an instrument. I knew a little bit about the world, but there were so many blank spots… And for a long time, I was content to formally learn how to play the cello, but in my mind, I was always thinking, what about the world? How does one engage in the ways of the world with the rest of the world...
...Ma believes there is something special about the nature of college relationships that allow this kind of self-discovery. He explains that, by putting people with common interests on a single campus, Harvard nurtures the formation of these bonds. “You [students] share something deeply profound, in sports, in theater, in class, wherever… With music, because music is internal code, when you love something, you want to share it. But if you meet a stranger, although you may not know him, but you each happen to know what the other loves, you immediately establish a different...
...Ma furthermore credits his experiences with Harvard’s music culture with allowing him to fully appreciate the fruits of collaborative efforts. “When friends asked me to play with them…I learned that suddenly [as a member of a group] you are not playing for your profession, but for your community. College was one of the first places that I was introduced to this archetype of people jointed together by common interest, people who are genuinely curious about the world and how people do things...
...most musically-innovative career choices as a result of his collaborative experiences at Harvard. In 1998, his filmmaking of Bach’s Six Cello Suites bridged musical and media borders. This venture stand as a testament to Ma’s commitment to exploring unchartered creative territory. Ma has collaborated with musicians for the soundtrack of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and even on the recording of an Andre Previn composition, with lyrics by Toni Morrison, sung by soprano Sylvia McNair and accompanied by Previn as pianist...