The Great Silk Road

With music from Monteverdi, Dufay and Merula to Byzantine composers, this concert programme  spans a musical arc between the centres of political activity along what was once the most important trade route, linking Venice with Istanbul, Athens with Baghdad  and Isfahan. Music connects people across borders and touches our hearts. This is exactly what the project "The Great Silk Road" is all about. It creates a dialogue between cultures and brings us into conversation, builds bridges and removes fear of contact 

Ensemble Anima Shirvani: Consisting of internationally renowned artists, the ensemble sees itself as an ensemble specialising in historical performance practice that creates a connection between European Renaissance and Baroque music and traditional music from Persia, the Caucasus and Anatolia. (Artistic director: Tural Ismayilov)
The ensemble is supported by the following choirs:
Musica Mundi (Cologne) and Cantica Nova (Neuss) (choir director: Markus Mostert)