The music of Bach may well not have been top of mind just a few days earlier in Jakarta at another event with a powerful message of engagement I attended - the 5th Conference on Indonesian Foreign Policy, organized primarily by my Milken Institute colleague and former Indonesian ambassador to the United States Dino Patti Djalal. This landmark performance and an accompanying “Day of Action” in Indonesia is part of The Bach Project - a journey to three dozen cities around the world to celebrate Bach’s ability to speak to the common community and also explore how culture connects people to a better future.
Presented by Shoemaker Studios and GoImpact - a venture I support that is focused in part on building an ecosystem to help turn sustainable development goals and sustainable finance rhetoric into reality - Ma will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in one sitting. Turning that message of connection into reality is something that we each could do more of these days in Indonesia and around our region and the world, at a time when so much of our civic conversations are focused on division. Music moves and has the power to connect across cultures - at home and abroad. When acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma takes the stage on Friday at the Jakarta International Expo Theater, the power of his music and his message will be clear.
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