Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble Concert at Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre

The Silk Road Project is a nonprofit arts and educational organization with a vision of connecting the world’s neighborhoods by bringing together artists and audiences around the globe. Founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998 as a catalyst to promote innovation and learning through the arts, the Silk Road Project takes inspiration from the historic Silk Road trading routes as a modern metaphor for multicultural and interdisciplinary exchange.

The Silk Road Ensemble is a collective of internationally renowned performers and composers from more than 20 countries. Each Ensemble member’s career responds to one of the preeminent artistic challenges of our times: to maintain the integrity of art rooted in authentic traditions while nourishing global connections.

Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the Glenn Gould Prize (1999), the National Medal of the Arts (2001), the Dan David Prize (2006), the Sonning Prize (2006), and the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award (2008). Celebrating his 30th anniversary with Sony Classical and Sony Masterworks, Yo-Yo Ma is an exclusive Sony Classical artist, and his discography of over 75 albums (including 15 Grammy® Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests.

Programme:

Silk Road Suite:

-Cristina Pato, Wu Tong: Fanfare for Gaita and Suona Duo

-Kayhan Kalhor: Mountains Are Far Away

-Wu Man: Leaves Flying in Autumn

-Wu Man: Lullaby from Itsuki Village

-Traditional: Folk Song from Mido Mountain, arr. Wu Tong and Li Cang Sang

Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Kasida(cello-kamancheh duo)

Giovanni Sollima: Taranta Project

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Sandeep Das: Shristi

Gabriela Lena Frank: Chayraq

John Zorn: Suite from Book of Angels, arr. for Silk Road Ensemble