(Yale Daily Bulletin) - Eastern and western musical traditions will intertwine when cellist
Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble presents a free concert on the New Haven
Green on Saturday, June 11, the opening day of the International
Festival of Arts & Ideas. The performance, which takes place at 7 p.m. on the Elm Street Stage,
culminates a day of activities that include tours for bikers,
canoeists, walkers and foodies; a children's film festival and other
family activities; and an "Ideas" talk by Ma and the Silk Road
Connection at 3 p.m. in Sprague Memorial Hall, corner of College and
Wall streets. This mixture of performances, films, talks, tours, and community- and
family-oriented activities will continue each day throughout the
festival, which concludes on Saturday, June 25. In keeping with the festival's theme this year, "Across Borders,
Across Time," the event will bring together both international and local
artists and experts, and feature works ranging from the classical to
the avant garde. - (more)
Listed Below are links to pdf program notes on each performance:
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