Events

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Silk Road Project Residencies at Museums and Universities

2010-2015		Harvard University
2009-2010		American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
2007		Museum Rietberg (Switzerland)
2007		University of California, Santa Barbara
2006-2007		Art Institute of Chicago
2006-2007		University of Chicago
2006		Rubin Museum of Art (New York, NY)
2005-2010		Rhode Island School of Design
2005-2010		Harvard University
2005		Nara National Museum (Japan)
2004		Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)

Timeline: Silk Road Project Highlights

JANUARY	Silk Road Ensemble performance at globalFEST 2012	© JENNIFER TAYLOR

	Workshop developing new music by David Bruce, Vijay Iyer, Glenn Kotche and Kojiro Umezaki

	"Knowing the Score" workshop with Harvard graduate and undergraduate students

MARCH	Asia concert tour with performances in Hong Kong; Guanghzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xi'an and Beijing, China; and Seoul, South Korea

© TODD ROSENBERG	FEBRUARY	Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, awarded to Yo-Yo Ma

	MARCH	Percussion workshop and concert at Harvard University

	MARCH-APRIL	Texas & West Coast tour

	APRIL	Sandeep Das and Shane Shanahan performed with student percussionists for the inauguration for the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard

		Silk Road Project, Harvard Sangeet & Office for the Arts at Harvard presented an evening with Sandeep Das

	JUNE	Concerts in New Jersey and Connecticut

		"Night at the Caravanserai: Tales of Wonder" performance with Silk Road Connect students at SummerStage in NYC

		Concerts in Newark and New Haven

	SEPTEMBER	Workshop at Harvard to develop new music by Michael Ward-Bergeman and Lev Zhurbin (Ljova)

		Student collaborations at Harvard University

		Silk Road Connect continued in Queens, NY, and new partner schools added in the Boston area

	NOVEMBER	Performance at the Sir Bani Yas Forum in the UAE

	DECEMBER	Silk Road Ensemble performance at Kennedy Center Honors Gala in tribute to Yo-Yo Ma

APRIL	Asia tour	© RICHARD CONDE
JUNE	"Connect Live!" celebration of learning
JULY	Silk Road Project relocation to Harvard University at the outset of a new five-year affiliation
AUGUST	U.S. music festivals tour
SEPTEMBER	Launch of second pilot year of Silk Road Connect education program in New York City
	Indigo issue of CALLIOPE magazine published
NOVEMBER	Silk Road Project recognized for Best Practices in International Cultural Engagement at U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy
DECEMBER	Off the Map nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album

© JENNIFER TAYLOR	JANUARY	Performance celebrating the inauguration of the President of the United States, hosted by The New Republic
	MARCH	North America tour
	JUNE	Live From Lincoln Center broadcast and Great Performers concerts
	AUGUST	Launch of Silk Road Connect educational initiative in New York City
	SEPTEMBER	Europe tour
	NOVEMBER	Off the Map CD release
		Beginning of season-long residency at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City

JANUARY	World Economic Forum's Crystal Award given to Yo-Yo Ma	© JENNIFER TAYLOR
APRIL	Japan tour
MAY	The Road to Beijing curriculum and DVD release
SEPTEMBER	New commissions workshop at Tanglewood
OCTOBER	United Nations Day Concert
NOVEMBER	World premiere of multimedia Layla and Majnun in Doha, Qatar

© TODD ROSENBERG	JANUARY	Silk Road issue of CALLIOPE magazine published
	MARCH	U.S. West Coast tour
	APRIL	Concerts, museum residency and educational events in Chicago
	JUNE	The Stone Horse: A Silk Road Journey in Millennium Park
	JULY	New Impossibilities CD release
	AUGUST	New commissions workshop in Villecroze, France
		Lucerne Festival concerts and residency at Museum Rietberg, Switzerland
	OCTOBER	China tour and filming of The Road to Beijing educational DVD

JANUARY	Cultural exchange with Azerbaijan	© PETE CHECCHIA
FEBRUARY	U.S. tour
MAY	Dan David Prize awarded to Yo-Yo Ma for preserving cultural heritage
JUNE	Launch of yearlong, citywide celebration Silk Road Chicago with concert in Millennium Park
AUGUST	Along the Silk Road curriculum published
SEPTEMBER	Appointment of Yo-Yo Ma as United Nations Messenger of Peace
	New commissions workshop at Tanglewood in partnership with Carnegie Hall
	Launch of residency at Art Institute of Chicago
OCTOBER	Residency at Rubin Museum of Art, New York City

© DAVID O'CONNOR	JANUARY	NHK Silk Road television series in Japan, with original soundtrack by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
	MARCH	Launch of five-year partnerships with Harvard University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
	APRIL	Launch of three-year international museum residency program
		U.S. tour
		Beyond the Horizon CD release
	JULY	2005 World Expo concerts in Nagoya, Japan
	OCTOBER	Residency at Nara National Museum in Nara, Japan

JANUARY	Residency at Peabody Essex Museum	© MICHAEL LUTCH
APRIL	U.S. Midwest tour
	Workshop with members of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra
JUNE	Southeast Asia tour
AUGUST	Concerts in London
SEPTEMBER	New commissions workshop at Tanglewood in partnership with Carnegie Hall
NOVEMBER	Concerts in Agra and Delhi, India

© DAVID O'CONNOR	JANUARY	Concerts in Toronto
	APRIL	Central Asia tour in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture

JANUARY		Europe tour
MARCH		Publication of Along the Silk Road, a pictorial volume of essays
APRIL		The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan CD release
		When Strangers Meet CD release
JULY		"The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust" Smithsonian Folklife Festival
OCTOBER		Europe tour
NOVEMBER		U.S. tour

COURTESY OF AMERICAN EXPRESS	JANUARY-AUGUST	Initial tours by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma in the U.S., Asia and Europe
	NOVEMBER	Launch of the Silk Road Encounters educational program
		Europe tour
	DECEMBER	Japan tour

JULY		First workshop for new commissions at Tanglewood		© THOMAS ADOLPHSON
OCTOBER		Public announcement of the Silk Road Project		© THOMAS ADOLPHSON

“We can use the ancient Silk Road trading route as a metaphor to investigate the interchange of world cultures.”

– LAURA FREID
Silk Road Project CEO
& Executive Director