Silkroad Ensemble Tickets
Silkroad Ensemble Concert Tickets
Enjoy an international sound with Silkroad Ensemble tickets. The Silkroad Ensemble is a musical collective that is part of the Silkroad, a not-for-profit organization formed in 1998 by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma to promote collaboration and multicultural artistic exchange. The ensemble consists of a variety of musicians, storytellers, visual artists, arrangers and composers representing Eurasian cultures.
Many traditional instruments from the countries that lie on the original Silk Road route are used by the group. Some examples are the Chinese lute or pipa that is plucked, the Armenian woodwind instrument, the duduk, the Japanese bamboo flute called a shakuhachi and others from other countries such as Mongolia.
Listen to a night of multicultural innovation with Silkroad Ensemble tickets. The collective holds regular hosts interdisciplinary music festivals as well as arranges musical residencies in Europe, Asia and the United States. The collective also commissions original pieces from a variety of places and genres, including works by the Chinese composer Zhao Jiping and the Uzbekistani composer Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky.
In addition to performing in such countries as Iran, Azerbaijan, India and Tajikistan, the Silkroad Collective has recorded multiple albums. Their first album, Silk Road Journey: When Strangers Meet, was released in 2001. The follow-up Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon was released internationally in 2005.
How much are Silk Road Ensemble tickets?
Silk Road Ensemble ticket prices start around $62 per ticket. Some of the more popular symphonies and philharmonics can range significantly higher with tickets in the $150-$250 range. If you’re looking to have a great night out without breaking the bank, you should look at seats in the balcony or upper grand tier.
Silk Road Ensemble Concert Schedule
You can typically catch Silk Road Ensemble at iconic venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall in NY and Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. TicketSmarter makes seeing Silk Road Ensemble even better with our easy-to-navigate concert schedule, which shows every upcoming Silk Road Ensemble tour date and location. Silk Road Ensemble concert tickets make a great gift for family members of all ages.
Songs from the Silk Road Ensemble Tour Setlist
Silk Road Ensemble's setlist while performing in Vienna , VA at “Filene Center at Wolf Trap” included the following songs:
- “The Call” — Maeve Gilchrist*
- “O, Death” — Traditional, arr. by Rhiannon Giddens**
- “Ascending Bird” — Traditional, arr. by Colin Jacobsen and Siamak Aghaei**
- “Sacred Cloud Music” — Zhao Jiping
- “Goin' Home” (from the Grammy Award-winning album, Sing Me Home) — Antonin Dvořák, arr. by Rhiannon Giddens and Mazz Swift**
- “Ho-oh” — Kaoru Watanabe*
- “Ekla Cholo Re” — Sandeep Das, Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore***
- “St. James Infirmary Blues” — Traditional; arr. Michael Ward-Bergeman
- "New Ritual” — Traditional, arranged by member of Silkroad**
- “Cut the Rug: IV. Wake the Dead” — David Bruce, arr. by Edward Pérez**
Source: Setlist.fm
