Watch yoyo ma play a moving tribute to going home texas. Each ensemble members career illustrates a unique response to what is one of the artistic challenges of our times. Hear the ensembles dozenplus virtuoso musicians play a range of traditional instruments, spanning europe and asia. Join yoyo ma and us for a special event in nyc nevada. Watch yoyo ma play a moving tribute to going home npr. The silk road ensemble featuring yoyo ma this is the first time yoyo ma and the silk road ensemble have composed, arranged and recorded original music for a florentine films production. Scroll down for more silkroad home sessions videos. Classical videos youtube showcase wordpress plugin demo site. The performers develop the piece by improvisation until the last section, arranged by ljova shown in this video, which follows conventional composition and notation. Azerbaijani mugham vocalists alim qasimov and fargana qasimova oin the silk road ensemble and the mark morris dance group for the world premiere performances of layla and majnun friday, september 30 sunday, october 2, 2016 in zellerbach hall at uc berkeley photo. Welcome to yoyos playhouse when youre lucky enough to have cellist yoyo ma and members of the silk road ensemble, some of the. Yoyo ma and the silk road ensemble releases new album featuring special guests including rhiannon giddens, bill frisell, sarah jarosz, abigail washburn, gregory porter and others.
Cellist yoyo ma performs live in new york city on june 7, 2015 at a special npr music event. Superstar cellist yoyo ma leads the 22 international virtuosos of the silk road ensemble which was founded at tanglewood music center. In an episode of npr s hidden brain podcast, bagpiper cristina papo talks about the origin of the silk road ensemble, a musical group that brings together musicians from different cultures and countries. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the silk road ensemble at the discogs marketplace. Join us for an online watch party with friends and strangers from all corners of the world. How ordinary people used contracts, 6001400, changing gods in medieval china, 11271276, and, with kenneth r. Silk road ensemble, youtube showcase wordpress plugin demo. The ensemble is profiled in the new documentary, the music of strangers. Silkroad ensemble center for the performing arts at penn. Silk road ensemble cellist mike block wisconsin public radio. Experience instruments, rhythms, and melodies from along the silk road and beyond, including japan, india, central asia, the middle east, peru, cuba, africa, and america. Explore releases from the silk road ensemble at discogs. Grammywinning silk road ensemble display their eclectic convergence of violin, clarinet, bass, drums and more in this energetic rendition of the traditional.
Derek jacobi in napa, mark morris in berkeley and more. Silk road ensemble biography, albums, streaming links. The silkroad ensemble has performed in more than 30 countries, in venues ranging from concert halls to stadiums to museum galleries throughout the world, from new yorks carnegie hall to shanghai stadium. Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical silk road, cellist yoyo ma established silkroad in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. In this concert, the ensemble will present a rhythmdriven exploration of music from india, the middle east, spain and the jewish diaspora.
Yoyo ma and the silk road ensemble customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. About the silkroad ensemble founded by cellist yoyo ma in 1998, silkroad creates music that engages difference, sparking radical cultural collaboration and passiondriven learning to build a more hopeful. Four of the silk road ensembles core western classicaloriented members also play as brooklyn rider a longtime npr music staff favorite while other master musicians in this adventurous band include the galician gaita bagpipe dazzler cristina pato and pipa virtuoso and tiny desk concert veteran wu man. Arabian waltz arabic ascending bird bach buddhist cello egypt front hd lebaneseborn night thoughts npr persian playlist rabih aboukhalil rustem saidi swing shane shanahan silent city silkroad channel silk road ensemble the silk road ensemble wu man yoyo ma. Yoyo ma and the silk road ensemble releases new album. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to. Grammywinning silk road ensemble display their eclectic convergence of violin, clarinet, bass, drums and more in this energetic rendition of the traditional roma tune, turceasca. Ma and the silk road ensemble will perform a series of concerts at the art institute of chicago and in collaboration with the chicago symphony orchestra, in. A history of china to 1600, negotiating daily life in traditional china. Yo yo ma and his silk road ensemble struck once again. The music of strangers, a documentary about the ensemble directed by the academy awardwinning filmmaker morgan neville, was released worldwide in 2016. Nicholas cords performs in the cave temples of dunhuang at the getty. To find out more about valerie hansen and the silk road, visit her website at. Renowned cellist yoyo ma founded the ensemble based on the scientific idea of the edge effect, described by pato as the point in which two ecosystems meet, like the forest and the.
The silk road ensemble is a collective of internationally renowned performers and composers from more than 20 countries. The silkroad ensemble performs both traditional music and newly commissioned works. The concept of the silk road ensemble from the very beginning was to echo what surely occurred in ancient times along the fabled euroasian trade routes. This excerpt was filmed during a concert by the silk road ensemble with yoyo ma in harvard universitys sanders theatre in march 2011. Watch yoyo ma play a moving tribute to going home ncpr. The silk road ensemble has performed in more than 25 countries, in venues ranging from concert halls to stadiums to museum galleries throughout the world, from. Yoyo mas silk road ensemble led by renowned cellist yoyo ma, the silk road ensemble is the musical face of mas silk road project, an artistic, cultural and educational organization he founded. Kuai le, which means joy in chinese, was composed by osvaldo golijov for the silkroad ensemble with yoyo mas performance at the opening ceremony of the 2007 special olympic games in shanghai. In an evening highlighting the percussionists of the silkroad ensemble, get to know the artists and the works theyve selected in the intimate brooks concert hall. Since it was founded by cellist yoyo ma 16 years ago, the silk road ensemble an artistic collective comprised of master musicians and other artists from more than 20 countries, spanning the globe has become an incubator for inspiring crosscultural collaborations the group has also become the subject of a new documentary directed by filmmaker morgan neville, who won both an oscar. Most of the ensemble musicians first came together at a silk road project workshop at the tanglewood music center in lenox, mass. Since it was founded by cellist yoyo ma 16 years ago, the silk road ensemble an artistic collective comprised of master musicians and other artists from more. In conjunction with the exhibition cave temples of dunhuang, musicians from the silk road ensemble were in residence at the getty in spring and summer 2016 to create popup musical performances inspired by. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
The silk road ensemble is a musical collective and a part of silkroad. Welcome to yoyos playhouse when youre lucky enough to have cellist yoyo ma and members of the silk road ensemble, some of the worlds premiere instrumentalists and composers, gather for an. Yoyo ma speaks at university of michigan, convenes day of action in flint. Watch yoyo ma play a moving tribute to going home wbur. Since 2000, the silk road ensemble has been at the core of silkroads work. Artists calendar music listen falling out of time heroes take their stands layla and majnun the music of strangers learning partnerships lame deer university residencies programs arts and passiondriven learning 2020 seeds global musician workshop resources silkroad ensemble about about silkroad team board of directors book silkroad annual. Beyond the horizon, yoyo ma and the silk road ensemble continue their exploration of the cultural traditions along the ancient trade route. This performance takes place at the civic theatre in downtown san diego as part of nprs lajolla summerfest 2005 series. Silkroad artists will be sharing short, musical performances live on facebook and instagram bringing music of comfort and joy directly from our homes into yours. Quincy ledbetter npr since it was founded by cellist yoyo ma 16 years ago, the silk road ensemble. Its 2016 release, sing me home, won the grammy award for best world music album. Since it was founded by cellist yoyo ma 16 years ago, the silk road ensemble an artistic collective comprised of master musicians and other artists from more than 20 countries, spanning the. With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the silk road ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural.
The ensemble has performed in more than thirty countries and recorded seven albums. The ensemble is not a fixed group of musicians, but rather a loose collective of as many as 59 musicians, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers citation needed from eurasian cultures. Valerie hansen is professor of history at yale university. The organization has published a book, along the silk road, and commissioned. It is always a delight to listen to those musicians having fun together in very traditional music revisited by mr. Welcome to yoyos playhouse when youre lucky enough to have cellist yoyo ma and members of the silk road ensemble, some of the worlds premiere instrumentalists and composers, gather for an afternoon of offstage music making, youve got to think long and hard about where to put them. Music, like all of culture, helps us to understand our environment, each other. Chords for the silkroad ensemble, yoyo ma going home ft. Yoyo ma youtube showcase wordpress plugin demo site. Yoyo mas edge effect the chronicle of higher education. With a playlist without borders, the silk road ensemble once again demonstrates that there are no barriers for those approaching music with an open mind. Founded by cellist yoyo in 2000, the grammy awardwinning silkroad ensemble explores how the arts can advance global understanding, deepen learning, and promote crosscultural innovation through performances, workshops, and residencies.
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