Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project at the Hollywood Bowl
Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project at the Hollywood Bowl
The cellist’s East-West event tops off a Bowl concert full of Persian design, calligraphy, verse, dance and melody.
Last year was the octocentenary of the 13th century Persian poet Rumi, whose nondenominational messages of tolerance and spiritual love resonate among newly enlightened folk in the West. This year is the 10th anniversary of ever-curious cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, whose musical highway from China to the Mediterranean runs right through Persia (now Iran).
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