A Prelude Dinner precedes the Saturday performance.
Students: The Friday performance is an Arts & Eats event.
The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-Yo Ma, Artistic Director
Fri 3/13:
· Jeff Beecher, bass
· Nicholas Cords, viola
· Sandeep Das, tabla
· Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
· Joseph Gramley, percussion
· Rauf Islamov, kamancheh
· Colin Jacobsen, violin
· Yo-Yo Ma, cello
· Ali Asgar Mammadov, tar
· Alim Qasimov, vocalist
· Fargana Qasimova, vocalist
· Shane Shanahan, percussion
· Mark Suter, percussion
· Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
· Wu Man, pipa
· Wu Tong, sheng
Sat 3/14
· Jeff Beecher, bass
· Nicholas Cords, viola
· Sandeep Das, tabla
· Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
· Joseph Gramley, percussion
· Colin Jacobsen, violin
· Yo-Yo Ma, cello
· Shane Shanahan, percussion
· Mark Suter, percussion
· Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
· Alastair Willis, conductor
· Wu Man, pipa
· Wu Tong, sheng
Friday, March 13, 8 pm
Saturday, March 14, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
| Main Floor | $100 · $90 · $76 · $48 |
| Mezzanine | $80 · $70 · $10 |
| Balcony | $56 · $48 · $30 · $10 |
“Yo-Yo Ma is part modern Marco Polo, an explorer of cultures far beyond his own; part musical missionary, eager to share ideas and make vital connections between peoples.” (Chicago Tribune) Founded by Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, the Silk Road Project has been a catalyst for a new kind of conversation, opening avenues of inter-cultural communication and collaborative thinking. For about 2,000 years the Silk Road was the main conduit for the spread and exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and culture, connecting people from Asia to the Mediterranean. The collective is drawn from internationally renowned musicians interested in exploring the relationships between tradition and innovation in music from the East and West. “When I started the Silk Road Project,” says Yo-Yo Ma, whose 25 years of touring influenced his view and understanding of the world, “I began to understand the geographical and musical connections between all of these incredible cultures — all these ‘other’ classical musics, the Persian classical music, the Indian classical music, and so on. I got a sense that at one time these connections were much closer, and over time that certain things got split off and developed independently.” After last season’s stunning solo recital, Yo-Yo Ma returns with two different performances featuring artists from the Silk Road Ensemble. Two different programs featuring Yo-Yo Ma, with specific artists to be announced.
Program
Fri 3/13
· Gabriela Lena Frank : Ritmos Anchinos
· Evan Ziporyn : Sulvasutra
· Sapo Perapaskero, arr. Golijov/Ljova : Turceasca
· Alim Qasimov : Layla & Majnun
· Encore - Das, Gramley, Kim, Shanahan, Suter : Vocussion
Sat 3/14
· Kim/Umezaki/Tong : Wandering Winds
· Kayhan Kalhor, arr. Ljova : Mountains are Far Away
· Zhao Jiping : Sacred Cloud Music
· Shane Shananhan : Saidi Swing
· Rabih Abou-Khalil : Arabian Waltz
· Angel Lam : Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain
· Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky : Paths of Parables
· Colin Jacobsen : Ascending Bird
· Encore - Wu Tong : Sheng solo
· Encore - Traditional : Ethiopian Song “Musiqawi Silt”
|
The Friday evening performance is made possible by the Catherine S. Arcure and Herbert E. Sloan Endowment. |