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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Silk Road Project
This is coming a bit late, but I've been too lazy to update. Hey, before you get started, I'm not le Baron, doing push-ups and everything.

But last Saturday, was awesome. I attended the concert of the Silk Road Project. For those of you who don't know, this project is headed by Yo-Yo Ma, the world-famous cellist. (Notice I say 'world-famous', not world's best. He is good, but Mstlav Rostropovich is said to be the best cellist currently living, but the most fun? No sir, that's Mr. Ma)

But the whole concert wasn't Ma; it featured artists from around the world, namely the ones on the historical Silk Road, which was the trade route between China and Europe. The highlight for me was the Azerbaijan vocalist. He had this amazing chant which put me in this psuedo lull/trance. Yes, I get into the music that much.

They had some Chinese insturments, such as the sheng, which is a woodwind that looks like a minitature organ. This awesome insturment plays two pitches, at ONCE. Another was the pipa, which is similar to a lute. The woman playing it was extraordinary, playing 64th notes like nothing. For the first encore piece, it was a blues-sounding piece, which the pipa played something that sounded like a blues guitar. Wow.

Though I must say, I've had these tickets since August. Even though we've had them that long, my brother didn't go, because he went to the school play production of The Diviners. A school play, or a great concert?! I couldn't find anyone to go, so we wasted a little money. But money is money. I saw a few people I knew at the concert, and they were very pleased with the concert as well.
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