When one thinks of renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, one likely pictures a soloist surrounded by accompanying string players in a full orchestra, with classical music wafting toward the audience. However, ...

LENOX -- A night with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble is like a visit to a popular resort in a far-off land. The milieu is exotic but there are enough reminders of home to make the place seem familiar ...

Of all the unpredictable directions Yo-Yo Ma’s career has taken, the Silk Road Project looked like the most potentially important one. Now, seven years into the project, it could be the most popular.

Under the artistic direction of Mr. Ma and the executive direction of Laura Freid, the Silk Road Project presents performances by the Silk Road Ensemble, engages in cross-cultural exchanges and ...

The name of The Silk Road Ensemble comes from the collection of trade routes that, for 2,000 years, branched across Europe, Asia and Africa. This physical connection had implications far beyond the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mike Block and Sandeep Das come from very different musical backgrounds. What they have in common is a passion for cross-cultural collaboration as members of world-famous cellist ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The classic Azerbaijani love story, “Layla and Majnun,” will take the Power Center stage on Oct.

Mr. Morris’s staging of the Azerbaijani opera about star-crossed lovers arrives in New York. “It’s not about sex,” he says. “It’s about infinity.” By Marina Harss Musicians from around the world, ...

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma are performing on Sunday, August 21, at the Hollywood Bowl as part of KCRW’s long-running World Festival series. I’m definitely going. In fact, I’ll be hosting the ...

The last notes of Schumann's Quintet had been played, and the cello was stowed backstage at Zellerbach auditorium. It was late Friday afternoon, the rehearsal had been three hours long, and Yo-Yo Ma ...

Many of the chamber music concerts that are part of La Jolla SummerFest, in La Jolla, Calif., are held in a small auditorium in La Jolla's Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. But the scale was much ...

The world-renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, is appearing with The Silk Road Ensemble for two performances next month at the Granada Theatre. Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the shows are 7 p.m. on Sunday ...