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Ensemble member Sandeep Das demonstrates the tabla to a group of schoolchildren at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Silk Road Ensemble member Sandeep Das (above) demonstrates the tabla to a group of schoolchildren at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Silk Road Project is committed to providing educational opportunities for audiences of all ages.


Silk Road Ensemble Recordings


New Impossibilities  

New Impossibilities

Released 2007
New Impossibilities from Sony Classical features traditional and newly composed works performed by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma and recorded live in Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel-Harth Bedoya. This album was ranked second in the Echoes Listeners' Poll of the top 25 albums for 2007.

     
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon  

Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

Released 2005
This release from Sony Classical accompanies a new 10-part television series about the Silk Road produced by the Japanese television company. Among the featured composers is Zhao Jiping, well-known for such soundtracks as Farewell My Concubine, Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern.

     
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet  

Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

Released 2002
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble perform works commissioned by the Silk Road Project along with traditional pieces from the Silk Road lands on this Sony Classical release.

     
The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan  

The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan

Released 2002
Produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in partnership with the Silk Road Project, this two-CD compilation offers a panoramic survey of traditional music along the Silk Road. 


"[New] Impossibilities is splendidly sumptuous proof of the possible, an intersection where composers and musicians meet and can travel the same road together. Listeners will welcome the wild ride."
– WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL