Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

About Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

Yo-Yo Ma narrates a documentary about the remarkable cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life and career were cut short by multiple sclerosis.

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy (2025) is a documentary music film directed by Christopher Nupen and Matthew Percival. It runs 86 minutes and was released in March 2025.

Yo-Yo Ma appears as Self - Narrator (voice), Jacqueline du Pré as Self (archive footage), Daniel Barenboim as Self, and Zubin Mehta as Self.

Members will find musician, classical musician, multiple sclerosis, and cellist in it. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, PBS Living Amazon Channel, and WETA+.

Chopin, a Sonata in Paris make useful companions to Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy. It carries a NR rating.