Silk Road

Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble is a famous musical group founded by Yo-Yo Ma, an iconic and award winning cellist. It is home to composers and performers from twenty plus countries of the world, from Asia, America and Europe. It was started in 2000 and has since then grown to become one of the most sought after groups, performing both classical and contemporary tunes. It is thus hardly surprising that this is a group whose Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble tickets are sold out as soon as they are announced to the public.
 
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble is a group known for its experimental, democratic and collaborative approach to music, combining many different styles from all parts of the world. Their original and new repertoire in fact combines this to create a uniquely multicultural approach to music. It has performed at some of the greatest venues of the world and has also recorded five albums, which have been the recipient of many awards including Grammy Awards.
 
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble is a group inspired by the historical Silk Road and is part of the wider Silk Road Project aimed at connecting neighborhoods all over the world by pairing artists with artists and audiences. It is an international performing arts organization with educational and cultural aims that was founded in 1998, prior to the formation of the ensemble, by award winning cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. Together with Laura Freid, the two have grown the Silk Road Project to not only include the Silk Road Ensemble but also organize residencies, cross-cultural exchanges, workshops for students and partnerships with institutions to create educational programs.
 
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble is lead by the renowned American cellist, known as one of the greatest players of the cello. A virtuoso, he has been active since 1961 and has released music via labels such as Sony Classical, CBS and RCA. He has received many Grammy Awards as well as highly coveted honors such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Arts. It is no surprise therefore that he is considered as one of the most talented and famous cellists in the world today.
 
Yo-Yo Ma is the recipient of sixteen Grammy Awards, a mind blowing achievement. As the frontman of the Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, he has won five Grammy Awards for the Best Chamber Music Performance, five Grammy Awards for the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance, one Grammy Award for the Best Classical Contemporary Composition, one Grammy Award for the Best Classical Album and four for the Best Classical Crossover Album.
 
He has also been honored with the Avery Fisher Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Dan David Prize, the Leonie Sonning Music Prize, the Award of Distinction at the International Cello Festival, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Glenn Gould Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Polar Music Prize, the Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration Award from Songlines magazines and many others. Such an iconic musician is one to see live with the ensemble by buying Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble tickets.