Boston, MA (Top40 Charts/ Silk Road Project) Hailed by the
Boston Globe as "a kind of roving musical laboratory without walls," the international Silk Road Ensemble draws its members from countries as distant and diverse as China, India, Spain, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Switzerland, Israel, and the United States. With founder, artistic director and fellow Ensemble member Yo-Yo Ma, this eclectic group will gather at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, to perform two concerts at Ozawa Hall on June 22 and 24, 2012. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on both evenings.
"Returning to Tanglewood, for us, is like coming home," said Yo-Yo Ma. "It was at Tanglewood 12 years ago that a group of musicians from around the world first came together to form the Silk Road Ensemble. Then we were strangers, and many of us had only the language of music in common. Over the years, we've returned several times to develop new music. So Tanglewood is, if you will, the Ensemble's birthplace, and it remains an inspiration for us."
On both evenings the Ensemble will perform internationally inspired music by composers
Giovanni Sollima from Sicily ("Taranta Project") and Sapo Perapaskero from Romania ("Turceasca"). Rounding out the program will be music composed by performing members of the Ensemble: "Shristi" by Sandeep Das from India, who plays tabla; "Muiñeiras" by Cristina Pato from Galicia, who plays gaita; and "Ascending Bird" by Colin Jacobsen, an American violinist, in collaboration with Iranian santur player Siamak Aghaei. (A full concert program follows.)
The Silk Road Project is grateful to its corporate sponsors for their support of these and other activities. Hyosung Corp. is Lead Sponsor of the Silk Road Project 2011-2014. Rolex is the Exclusive Partner of the Silk Road Project 2011-2012.
The Silk Road Ensemble will next perform in the United States in
September - October 2012, with concerts in Chapel Hill, NC; Miami, FL; Princeton, NJ; Smithfield, RI; Chicago, IL; and
Stevens Point, WI. For more on future programs visit https://www.silkroadproject.org/schedule.
Concert Program:
Silk Road Suite
Wandering Winds - Cristina Pato, Kojiro Umezaki, Wu Tong
Ascending Bird - Siamak Aghaei/Colin Jacobsen
Xiao Pu An Zhou - Chinese traditional, arr. Wu Man
("Chanting of the
Monk Pu An")
Muiñeiras from Cancionero Musical de Galicia - Galician traditional, arr. Cristina Pato
Taranta Project -
Giovanni Sollima
Qasida - Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
Shristi - Sandeep Das
Blue
Little Flower - Chinese traditional, arr. Wu Tong and Li Cang Sang
Turceasca - Sapo Perapaskero, arr. Osvaldo Golijov and Ljova
Silk Road Ensemble Members at Tanglewood:
Jeffrey Beecher, bass
Nicholas Cords, viola
Sandeep Das, tabla
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Joseph Gramley, percussion
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
Dong-Won Kim, jang-go and vocals
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Cristina Pato, gaita
Shane Shanahan, percussion
Mark Suter, percussion
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
Wu Man, pipa
Wu Tong, sheng and vocals
