Silkroad To Perform In Sydney For The First Time Next March

Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform in Sydney for the first time on Saturday March 9, 2019 at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Founded by superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Silkroad Ensemble is a collective of virtuoso musicians from over 20 countries. Its work is a vibrant, passionate and ecstatic celebration of world music, both instrumental and vocal, performed by outstanding contemporary musicians representing dozens of instrumental disciplines and artistic traditions. They were inspired by the rich musical language borne from cultural differences. Their performances are endlessly energetic and filled with fun.

Drawing on a rich tapestry of traditions, nationalities and instruments including tabla, bagpipes, shakuhachi and strings. Their repertoire will include popular jazz; traditional Vietnamese, Chinese and Kazakh music; Finnish folk song; Jugalbandi (Indian classical) and much more.

The lineup of 9 extraordinary musicians includes two of Silkroad's co-artistic directors Jeffrey Beecher on bass and multi-percussionist Shane Shanahan, together with internationally acclaimed Galician bagpipe master and classical pianist Cristina Pato, pioneering cellist Mike Block, multi-talented percussionist Mark Suter, Indian tabla player Sandeep Das, violist Mario Gotoh, Wu Tong, who has played the sheng and suona since he was five, and Kayhan Kalhor who is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (spiked fiddle).

The performers, who within their own right are internationally leading teachers, producers and advocates, take time off from their roles in the world's best orchestras and pre-eminent music academies to tour the globe with Silkroad Ensemble.

Performing throughout the world Silkroad Ensemble has recorded seven albums with its most recent, the Grammy Award-winning, Sing Me Home, developed and recorded alongside the 2016 documentary feature about Silkroad, The Music of Strangers.

A Silkroad performance is nothing short of exhilarating, endlessly energetic and filled with fun.

Vibrant and virtuosic - Wall Street Journal One of the 21st century's great ensembles - Vancouver Sun.