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Percussionists playing frame drums

© DONG-WON KIM

Silk Road Ensemble Instruments
Silk Road Ensemble musicians play a variety of instruments from around the world, some of them as simple as these drums. Some have origins in a single region; the development of others over time illustrates the interactions among cultures along the historical Silk Road.

2007 Press Releases

November 5, 2007
Silk Road Project and Harvard encourage artistic and intellectual collaboration during fall residency

September 4, 2007
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble to tour China

July 27, 2007
Master Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble join forces with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya on New Impossibilities, an all-live recording on Sony Classical

June 28, 2007
Silk Road Project travels to Switzerland

May 1, 2007
Silk Road Chicago culminates with free performance of The Stone Horse at Millennium Park

March 22, 2007
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble return to Chicago

February 20, 2007
New celebration-themed Silk Road Chicago Express Passport for kids debuts

February 1, 2007
Silk Road Ensemble celebrates music of China with free performances

January 23, 2007
Silk Road Project announces 2007 schedule

January 23, 2007
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble to share musical journey with West Coast Audiences

January 4, 2007
Persian music and culture celebrated as part of Silk Road Chicago

“Through our concerts, residencies and commissions, we re-trace old paths of exchange and explore some of today’s most exciting musical crossroads. This year, our journey takes us on a round-the-world adventure, traveling thousands of miles from the United States to Europe to Asia.”
- YO-YO MA

Press Contact
Heidi Koelz
Communications Manager
Office: (+1) (617) 496-6314
Mobile: (+1) (401) 450-5843
heidi@silkroadproject.org

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