SILKROAD ENSEMBLE
Founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 2000 and now under the artistic direction of Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy award-winning Silkroad Ensemble has been at the core of Silkroad’s work to advance global understanding, deepen learning, and promote cross-cultural collaboration. These artists represent dozens of nationalities and artistic traditions, from Spain and Japan to Syria and the United States, and draw on a rich tapestry of traditions from around the world to create a new musical language that weaves together the foreign and the familiar. The Ensemble appears in many configurations and settings, from intimate groups of two and three in museum galleries to rousing complements of eighteen in concert halls, public squares, and amphitheaters.
Silkroad Ensemble performs throughout the world and has recorded eight albums. Sing Me Home, which won the 2016 Grammy for Best World Music Album was developed and recorded alongside the documentary feature The Music of Strangers, from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.
For Booking Inquiries:
Opus 3 Artists
Mary Pat | mbuerkle@opus3artists.com
Scott Mello | smello@opus3artists.com
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS THROUGH THE YEARS
COLLABORATORS THROUGH THE YEARS
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Christopher Adler
Siamak Aghaei
A Far Cry
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Edward Arron
Black Sea Hotel
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
David Bruce
Hanneke Cassel
Roberto Comesaña
Nicholas Cords
Gevorg Dabaghyan
Toumani Diabaté
Joel Fan
Patrick Farrell
Lisa Fischer
Béla Fleck
Jeremy Flower
Gabriela Lena Frank
Bill Frisell
gamin
Khongorzul Ganbaatar
Johnny Gandelsman
Osvaldo Golijov
John Hadfield
He Cui
Maya Hobeika
Hu Jianbing
Rauf Islamov
Siamak Jahangiry
Sarah Jarosz
Tunde Jegede
Jia Daqun
Shujaat Khan
Dong-Won Kim
Ji Hyun Kim
Jeeyoung Kim
You-Young Kim
Glenn Kotche
Balla Kouyaté
Angel Lam
Alisher Latif-Zadeh
Andrea Lee
Davide Salvado
Kyle Sanna
Nomi Sasaki
Pauchi Sasaki
Amr Selim
Vache Sharafyan
Bright Sheng
Zaki Valiyev
Georgy Valtchev
Vanessa Van-Anh Vo
Michael Ward-Bergeman
Abigail Washburn
Alastair Willis
Celia Woodsmith
Yang Wei
Betti Xiang
Yang Jin
DaXun Zhang
Zhao Jiping
Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin
Evan Ziporyn
Zhao Lin