The Silk Road Project in the News
Embracing Yo-Yo Ma's 'venture culturalism'
December 26, 2008 – NBC Nightly News: Making a Difference
Thanksgiving Day radio broadcast: Silk Road Ensemble at the UN
November 27, 2008 – WNYC's Evening Music
On the road again: Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project celebrates 10 years
November 27, 2008 – Strings Magazine
Footnotes: Thanksgiving Day broadcast
November 26, 2008 – The New York Times A night to remember
November 23, 2008 – The Peninsula (Qatar)
Museum of Islamic Art set for grand opening
Featuring performance by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma in Doha, Qatar
November 20, 2008 – Gulf Times Arts, Briefly: Yo-Yo Ma named Musician of the Year
November 19, 2008 – The New York Times
Yo-Yo Ma secretly rehearsed at Binghamton University
November 13, 2008 – Press & Sun-Bulletin
International News: UN Day Concert
October 27, 2008 – Science and Technology Daily (in Chinese)
Arts, Briefly: Silk Road Project turns 10
October 26, 2008 – The New York Times
Nightly News broadcast: UN Day Concert
October 25, 2008 – Sinovision (in Chinese) UN Day marked around the globe with array of events and festivities
October 24, 2008 – UN News Centre
Yo-Yo Ma helps celebrate UN Day
October 24, 2008 – United Nations Radio Messenger of Peace: Yo-Yo Ma Leads the Concert on UN Day
October 24, 2008 – United Nations Radio (in Chinese)
A preview of tonight's UN Day Concert
October 24, 2008 – United Nations Radio
Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project at the Hollywood Bowl
September 29, 2008 – Los Angeles Times Live: A Celebration of Rumi – The Sights and Sounds of Mystic Persia
September 29, 2008 – The International Review of Music
Alim Qasimov: the living legend you’ve never heard of
September 19, 2008 – The Times (U.K.) Silk Road Ensemble is where East and West come together
September 18, 2008 – The Augusta Chronicle Kalhor sets Rumi-related music in Hollywood Bowl
September 17, 2008 – Pavyand's Iran News from Iran Times Lincoln Center plans yearlong 50th-anniversary celebration
September 17, 2008 – The New York Sun Lincoln Center turns 50 and prepares a party
September 16, 2008 – The New York Times Evening Music: Brooklyn Rider
September 12, 2008 – WNYC's Evening Music Yo-Yo Ma collaborates again with the BSO
September 11, 2008 – Baltimore Sun A master Iranian musician plays cultural ambassador
August 26, 2008 – New York Times Follow the mellow Silk Road with Yo-Yo and his cello
August 23, 2008 – The Irish Independent Arts, Briefly: Silk Road sounds
August 16, 2008 – The New York Times
Kim, Zhang travel new road with Yo-Yo Ma
July 15, 2008 – The Korea Times
Program packages primer on Beijing in time for Games
June 25, 2008 – Stanford Report
Review of Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago
June 4, 2008 – Allmusic.com
Open Source Storytelling: Ben Haggarty
May 21, 2008 – Open Source with Christopher Lydon podcast
Yo-Yo Ma still revels in the joy of learning
May 16, 2008 – The Boston Globe
Review of Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago
May 12, 2008 – Audiophile Audition
Moseying down China's Silk Road: review of Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago
April 29, 2008 – San Francisco Classical Voice
Silk Road Starts Here
April 15, 2008 – The Providence Journal
Silk Made
April 8, 2008 – The Providence Journal
Gabriela Lena Frank: composite identity
April 1, 2008 – New Music Box
Review of Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago
March 13, 2008 – Time Out Chicago
Radio essay by Yo-Yo Ma: a musician of many cultures
March 10, 2008 – NPR's This I Believe
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble return to Japan
February 15, 2008 – World Music Central
Hollywood to host Persian music concert
February 2, 2008 – Press TV
Editorial by Yo-Yo Ma: Culture's a gift to give – a globalized world can be harmonious
January 30, 2008 – The Boston Herald
Yo-Yo Ma receives Crystal Award
January 25, 2008 – World Economic Forum website
Why did the cellist cross the Silk Road?
November 30, 2007 – Harvard Crimson
An experiment in musical, cultural fusion: review of New Impossibilities
November 30, 2007 – MIT's The Tech
Radio interview with Yo-Yo Ma: East meets West – the new Silk Road
November 18, 2007 – PRI's To The Best of our Knowledge
Crossing cultures by making melodies: Yo-Yo Ma named one of America's Best Leaders
November 12, 2007 – U.S. News & World Report
Radio interview with Yo-Yo Ma
November 12, 2007 – The Diane Rehm Show
Yo-Yo Ma's fabulous fantasy: review of New Impossibilities
October 26, 2007 – World Music Central
Interview with Yo-Yo Ma: cellist Yo-Yo Ma earns more acclaim
October 19, 2007 – PRI's Studio 360
Radio broadcast: talking with Yo-Yo Ma, the ambassador of cello
October 17, 2007 – WNYC’s Soundcheck
The Silk Road Ensemble blazes through Beijing
October 15, 2007 – The Beijinger news blog
Contemporary traditional music: excerpt from New Impossibilities
October 9, 2007 – WNYC's New Sounds
Golijov debuts new composition at Special Olympics Opening Ceremony
October 2007 – Holy Cross website
A brief, positive, and cultural note
October 4, 2007 – The Atlantic
Foremost cellist shares creative process
October 3, 2007 – KC Community News
Stars add sparkle on a night to remember
October 2, 2007 – China.org
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble to tour China
October 1, 2007 – Playbill Arts
Yo-Yo Ma taking his Silk Road Project to Shanghai
September 27, 2007 – The Ledger
Yo-Yo Ma: The Rest is Noise interview
September 20, 2007 – The Rest is Noise blog by Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble to tour China
September 16, 2007 – World Music Central
Renowned cellist comes to Benaroya for gala
September 9, 2007 – The Seattle Times
Caravans in the desert: Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project brings together the music of the cultures along the ancient trade route from Asia to Europe
September 7, 2007 – The Guardian (U.K.)
Die Seidenstrasse reicht bis nach Luzern
August 25, 2007 – Tages-Anzeiger (in German)
Review of New Impossibilities
August 23, 2007 – Time Out Chicago
Unterwegs mit einer musikalishen Karawane
August 21, 2007 – Tages-Anzeiger (in German)
Radio interview with Yo-Yo Ma and excerpt from New Impossibilities
August 10, 2007 – Performance Today
Yo-Yo Ma/Chicago Symphony/Silk Road Project hits no. 1 on Billboard classical chart
August 9, 2007 – Playbill Arts
Radio interview: beyond the Silk Road with Yo-Yo Ma
August 4, 2007 – Weekend America
Review of New Impossibilities
August 6, 2007 – Audiophile Audition
Review of New Impossibilities
July 30, 2007 – Music Tap
Radio broadcast: the end of the Silk Road
June 5, 2007 – WBEZ
Silk Road Chicago ends with collaborative fable featuring Yo-Yo Ma and school children
June 1, 2007 – International Herald Tribune (Associated Press)
21st century technology takes students back to 17th century
May 10, 2007 – Harvard University Gazette
Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project headed for Europe, Asia
April 19, 2007 – Reuters
Come together: Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble celebrate cross-cultural musical collaboration at Zellerbach concert
March 19, 2007 – The Daily Californian
Global nomads
March 17, 2007 – San Francisco Classical Voice
The Silk Road Ensemble a joyous meeting of East and West
March 14, 2007 – Seattle Times
Silk Road Ensemble delivers first-rate goods
March 14, 2007 – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Yo-Yo Ma's international program is universally grand
March 13, 2007 – Seattle Times
Sounds of the Silk Road: A my, oh Ma happening
March 11, 2007 – The Seattle Times
A magical pairing of animated movie and live music: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
January 28, 2007 – The Providence Journal
Famed cellist visits Evanston Institute, gives workshop
January 23, 2007 – The Daily Northwestern
Extending the Silk Road: planning in progress for interdisciplinary Silk Road-inspired classes, projects
October 26, 2006 – Harvard University Gazette
Silk Road Project drinks to the music
October 23, 2006 – The Harvard Crimson
The view from Ma's Silk Road
October 20, 2006 – The Boston Globe
Silk Road Festival opens today: after successful ‘05 series, project led by cellist Yo-Yo Ma ‘76 aims for encore
October 17, 2006 – The Harvard Crimson
Lusty or tranquil in spirit, but always unlikely in sound
September 19, 2006 – The New York Times
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble give concert weekend at Carnegie's Zankel Hall
September 15, 2006 – Playbill Arts
Long and winding road: Yo-Yo Ma's multi-million-dollar Silk Road Project produces an East/West mash-up of global proportions
September 14-20, 2006 – Time Out Chicago
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma receives award for international culture project
May 23, 2006 – Turkish Daily News
Ma's Silk Road Project garners $1M prize
May 22, 2006 – CBC Arts
Famous cellist kicks off yearlong event at Chicago Cultural Center
May 2, 2006 – WLS-TV (ABC)
Chicago launches yearlong Silk Road Festival
May 2, 2006 – Playbill Arts |