Silk Road Ensemble

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multicultural musical collective musical ensemble

Silk Road Ensemble is a multicultural musical collective founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma that blends classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from along the historic Silk Road.

Aliases (2)
  • Silkroad Ensemble ×2
  • The Silk Road Ensemble ×1
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf multicultural musical collective →
musical ensemble →
associatedWith Harvard University →
Silkroad (organization) →
Yo-Yo Ma →
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best World Music Album →
basedIn Boston →
countryOfOrigin United States →
fieldOfWork cross-cultural musical collaboration →
intercultural dialogue through music →
founder Yo-Yo Ma →
genre classical music →
contemporary classical music →
folk music →
world music →
hasMember Colin Jacobsen →
Cristina Pato →
Galicia bagpipe player Cristina Pato →
Johnny Gandelsman →
Kayhan Kalhor →
Kinan Azmeh →
Kojiro Umezaki →
Mark Suter →
Nicholas Cords →
Sandeep Das →
Shawn Conley →
Wu Man →
Yo-Yo Ma →
hasPart Silkroad education programs →
hasTour international concert tours →
inception early 2000s →
influencedBy musical traditions of the Silk Road →
mission to foster cross-cultural understanding through music →
notableWork A Playlist Without Borders →
Off the Map →
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon →
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet →
Sing Me Home →
performingArtsDiscipline chamber music →
live performance →
recordLabel Sony Classical →
World Village →
usesInstrument cello →
clarinet →
gaita (Galician bagpipe) →
kamancheh →
percussion instruments →
pipa →
shakuhachi →
tabla →
violin →
workFeaturedIn The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble →
Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Yo-Yo Ma ("Silkroad Ensemble") →
Yo-Yo Ma →
notableCollaboration
Yo-Yo Ma →
Yo-Yo Ma →
notableWork
Yo-Yo Ma →
founded
Yo-Yo Ma ("Silkroad Ensemble") →
founderOf
Silk Road Project →
hasComponent
Songs of Joy & Peace ("The Silk Road Ensemble") →
hasGuestArtist
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