Photos: Yo Yo Ma’s ‘Silk Road Ensemble’
Cristina Pato, Spain, playing the Galician bagpipes alongside Wu Tong, China.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Sandeep Das, India, left, Yo-Yo Ma, France and USA, and Mike Block, USA, with the Silk Road Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma’s ensemble of musicians from more than 20 countries, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Aug. 21, 2016.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Wu Man, China, playing the pipa.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Yo-Yo Ma, France and USA, left, Joseph Gramley, USA, Mike Block, USA, and Jeffrey Beecher, USA.
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Kinan Azmeh, Syria, left, Johnny Gandelsman, Israel and Russia, and Nicholas Cords, USA.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Kayhan Kalhor, Iran, playing the kamancheh, alongside Shane Shanahan, USA, percussion.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The Silk Road Ensemble at the Hollywood Bowl on Aug. 21, 2016.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Yo-Yo Ma, France and USA, greets the audience in-between songs.
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