The Silk Road Ensemble
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Biography
The Silk Road Ensemble is a key component of Silkroad, an arts-based project founded by the internationally renowned cellist and 18-time Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma. The ensemble is a loose collective of around 60 musicians, composers, arrangers, storytellers and visual artists who combine their talents under the guidance of Yo-Yo to perform works across a broad spectrum of composers including Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky and the Chinese film score composer Zhao Jiping.
Yo-Yo's personal success makes him an influential figure within the field of classical music and this has enabled him to promote Silkroad as a significant cultural organisation with a strong affiliation to Harvard University and it draws many of its members from around the surrounding educational community of Harvard. The idea behind the Silk Road Ensemble is to combine the type of musical and cultural influences which are found along the route of the ancient Silk Road and which helped shape international culture when the Silk Road was a vital trading connection with China. To this end the ensemble have performed in many regions that can be found along the original route including Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, India, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The ensemble were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011 and have recorded a number of critically acclaimed albums.
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Albums
Silk Road Ensemble / Yo-Yo Ma
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick [Music from the TV Series]
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- Don't Come Around Here No More featuring Benmont Tench
- Lullaby by Yo-Yo Ma
- People and Fighters Unite by Yo-Yo Ma
- Heart And Soul by The Silk Road Ensemble
- We Shall Overcome by Yo-Yo Ma
- Improvisation by Yo-Yo Ma
- Traveling Music by Yo-Yo Ma
- Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional) by The Silk Road Ensemble
- The Wounded Soldier by Yo-Yo Ma
- Summer in the High Grassland featuring Yo-Yo Ma
- Vocussion, for voices & percussion by The Silk Road Ensemble
- Mongolian Traditional Long Song by The Silk Road Ensemble
- Chi passa per'sta strada by The Silk Road Ensemble
- Blue As The Turquoise Night of Neyshabur by The Silk Road Ensemble
