World Music

Non-Western classical music

Herbie Hancock
Artist Spotlight

Herbie Hancock: A Jazz Master Surveys His Kingdom

Jeff Kaliss - August 17, 2011

The jazz legend reflects on his musical origins and work with Miles Davis and others, and gives his views on reconnecting people with their cultural roots.

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Ger Mandolin Ensemble

Michael Zwiebach - March 1, 2011

The Jewish Music Festival kicks off in Berkeley with the Ger Mandolin Ensemble, a mandolin orchestra, inspired by a pre-World War II group that was destroyed during the Nazi occupation of Poland.

Performers at the Chinese New Year Festival Reception
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Chinese New Year Concert

Allan Ulrich - January 29, 2009
The Symphony’s annual family concerts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year are not only colorful celebrations of Chinese culture and music, they also present first-class talent. It was at one of these concerts that Yuja Wang, now a pianist superstar, made her San Franciso debut.
Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago
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Moseying Down China’s Silk Road

Heuwell Tircuit - December 29, 2008

Yo-Yo Ma’s and his Silk Road Project have come up with a new CD featuring a host of young performers supported by the Chicago Symphony. Titled Traditions and Transformations, the disc includes two standard works, Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo and Prokofiev rambunctious Scythian Suite, Op.