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Yo-Yo Ma Performs on the Silk Road for Aga Khan Award

Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 - World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble gave a special performance on the occasion of the presentation ceremony of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. From high atop the Citadel dominating one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities and out of its ornate Throne Room, the enchanting melodies of Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh and Kayhan Kalhor this evening recreated an age-old memory of the interaction of cultures for which the Silk Road is remembered.

His Highness the Aga Khan (right) with Yo-Yo Ma (centre) and Catherine Gevers (left), a Member of the Board of the Silk Road Project, Inc. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte

 

The Silk Road Ensemble performing during the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Aleppo, Syria, on 6 November 2001.

 

Yo-Yo Ma performing with the Silk Road Ensemble in Aleppo, Syria. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte

 

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