Silk Road Ensemble

The Silk Road Ensemble is a collective of approximately sixty internationally renowned musicians, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers from more than twenty countries. Each ensemble member's career illustrates a unique response to what is one of the artistic challenges of our times: nourishing global connections while maintaining the integrity of art rooted in an authentic tradition.

Many of the musicians first came together under the artistic direction of Yo-Yo Ma at a workshop at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts in 2000. Since then, in various configurations, the ensemble's artists have collaborated on a diverse range of musical and multimedia projects, presenting innovative performances that explore the relationship between tradition and innovation in music from the East and West.

The Silk Road Ensemble has recorded four albums and performed to critical acclaim throughout Asia, Europe and North America.