Thank you from Silk Road Music – Qiu Xia He 何秋霞 （Dec 2017）
In history, the Silk Road linked China to the world and initiated an new era of cultural exchange. When the Canadian Silk Road Music its journey in Vancouver on the day of New Year’s Eve 1991, it forged with the same spirit of connecting Chinese music with Canadians.
After 26 years of touring and performing, the group has gathered a circle of likeminded artists, and fans like you. We are inspired to create musical performances that are not grandiose in size, but essential in originality. My deepest gratitude to you all that support live performance today!
Silk Road is a living music! We gathered different artists and musical styles, weaving pieces with mixed threads, extracting the best combination of the fabric. Tonight, Thread will lead you to our collection of treasures.
Music influences:
Celso Machado- Brazilian composer and player.
Ron Hadley – World Jazz.
Wen Wei Dance 王文蔚 – Contemporary Dance with improvisation.
Andre Thibault – Flamenco guitar.
Musicians who have been essential to the journey for all these years.
Zhimin Yu 于志敏 – Autumn Moonlight on Ping Lake
Jill Russell – Check the beans
Yun Song 宋云 – Horse Race
Liam MacDonald – world percussions.
Feng Jun Wang 王凤君 and Willy Miles – Chinese folk songs.
Laurence Mollerup – Bass.
VICO 温哥华多元文化管弦乐团 who make our music richer and more colourful.
Composers: We have worked with a group of dedicated composers over the years. Their contribution has made the orchestra work possible musically and financially, they are often under recognized. Many are from VICO, such as Moshe Denberg. In this concert, we feature pieces by: Mark Armanini, Jin Zhang 张进, Alain Mayrand and Farshid Samandari.
Silk Road Music CD and book:
Standing Out 立气
Samar- West coast music award nomination
Autumn Cloud 琵琶行 Canadian Folk Music award nominations
Village Tales 乡音 winner of West coast music award
Endless 天涯 winner of West coast music award, Juno nomination