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Silk Road Ensemble members Nicholas Cords and Kojiro Umezaki work together on new music at a commissioning workshop at Tanglewood Music Center.

© MICHAEL LUTCH

Collaborative Process
Silk Road Ensemble members Nicholas Cords and Kojiro Umezaki work together on new music at a commissioning workshop at Tanglewood Music Center. Retreats and workshops provide an opportunity for Silk Road Ensemble members to develop music for a wide range of instruments.


Works Commissioned by the Silk Road Project


 countrytitlecomposer
ArgentinaAir to AirOsvaldo Golijov
ArgentinaRose of the WindsOsvaldo Golijov
ArmeniaThe Morning Scent of the Acacia’s SongVache Sharafyan
AzerbaijanDervishFranghiz Ali-Zadeh
AzerbaijanCaravanJavanshir Guliev
ChinaTactile TimeHan Yong
ChinaThe Prospect of Colored DesertJia Daqun
ChinaNirvana IILiu Yuan
ChinaAmbush from Ten SidesTraditional, arr. Wu Tong & Li Cang Sang
ChinaAmbush from Ten Sides for Pipa, Sheng Guitar, Cello and OrchestraTraditional, arr. Li Cang Sang
ChinaBlue Little FlowerTraditional, arr. Wu Tong & Li Cang Sang
ChinaWine MadnessTraditional, arr. Wu Tong & Liu Lin
ChinaRed.Blue.Green SuiteTraditional/, arr. Wu Man & Ljova
ChinaMido MountainTraditional, arr. Wu Tong
China9 RiversWu Tong
ChinaFusionXiaoyong Chen
ChinaYi XinZhang
ChinaEchoes of a Lost CityZhao Jiping
ChinaMoon Over Guan MountainsZhao Jiping
ChinaSacred Cloud MusicZhao Jiping
ChinaSummer in the High GrasslandZhao Jiping
ChinaDistant Green ValleyZhao Jiping & Zhao Lin
ChinaThe Battle RememberedZhao Lin
ChinaSilk Road ReverieZhu Jian-er
China/KazakhstanYanzi (Swallow Song)Traditional, arr. Zhao Lin
EthiopiaMusiqawi Silt Girma Beyene, arr. Colin Jacobsen
Hong KongEmpty Mountain, Spirit RainAngel Lam
IndiaShristiSandeep Das
IndiaSumohini (Reflection of Grace)Sandeep Das
IndiaTarang (Currents)Sandeep Das
IndiaMohiniSandeep Das & Indrajit Dey, arr. Ljova
IndiaKolamZakir Hussain & Ethan Iverson, arr. George Brooks
IranBlue as the Turquoise Night of NeyshaburKayhan Kalhor, arr. Kalhor & Stephen Prutsman
IranMountains are Far AwayKayhan Kalhor, arr. Ljova
IranThe Silent CityKayhan Kalhor, arr. Kalhor & Ljova
IranAscending BirdTraditional, arr. Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen
KazakhstanAltynaiTraditional, arr. Nate Shaw
KoreaOnce We Were...Dong-Won Kim
KoreaAncient BellJeeyoung Kim
KoreaTrystJeeyoung Kim
KoreaHae-Maji Gut: A Shaman Performance to the New MoonJoon-Il Kang
KoreaWhen the Wind CirclesKim/Umezaki
MongoliaKhara KhorumSangidorj Sansargereltech
MongoliaLegend of HerlenByambasuren Sharav
Switzerland / United StatesWeavingsMark Suter
TajikistanCircles of TimeAlisher Latif-Zadeh
TajikistanTojAlisher Latif-Zadeh
TajikistanSilk Road Dreams DancingTolib-hon Shahidi
TajikistanThe Sufi and the Buddhist MonkTolib-hon Shahidi
TurkeyMahur Orientale (Night at the Caravanserai)Abd-El Wahab, arr. Shane Shanahan
TurkeyOn the Back Streets of Old IstanbulHasan Uçarsu
United StatesMusic for a Royal PalaceChristopher Adler
United StatesSulvasutraEvan Ziporyn
United StatesRitmos AnchinosGabriela Lena Frank
United StatesSaidi SwingShane Shanahan
UzbekistanNight Music: Voice in the LeavesDmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
UzbekistanPaths of ParablesDmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
UzbekistanBukhara ConcertoMustafa Bafoyev
ItalyThe Taranta ProjectGiovanni Sollima
LebanonThe BenevolentRabih Abou-Khalil
IranWhere the Wind Will Take UsSiamak Aghaei, arr. Colin Jacobsen
IndiaMohiniSandeep Das
“This has been the best experience of my life. It has not only changed me musically; it has changed me as a person.”
– SANDEE DAS