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.

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

Performances by the Silk Road Ensemble spring from contemporary musical crossroads, with roots in both Eastern and Western traditions. Since first coming together under the artistic direction of Yo-Yo ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, like generations of prominent musicians before him, plays his share of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. But he and his Silk Road Ensemble also bring together world-music specialists from ...

Music is breaking out all over. The beautiful documentary “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble” is on-screen at Landmark Theatres in West L.A. and at several Laemmle Theatres ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma- a beloved Tanglewood fixture who has performed at the festival in all but one summer since 1983 - opens the 2012 Tanglewood pre-season with two performances featuring the Silk Road ...

Embark on a musical journey around the world with The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood, filmed as the Silk Road Ensemble celebrated 15 years together with a summer concert at ...

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 ...

Frustrating behind-the-scenes concert doc The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble makes accomplished musicians look like nervous suitors at a manic speed-dating meetup. Five ...

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 ...