See Silk Road: Oct. 31, 9pm, Rowntree Theatre; Nov. 1, 1:30pm, K219; Nov. 1, 4pm, Main Stage Theatre; 7:50pm, Main Stage Theatre
Silk Road is a professional Chinese duo that has a consistently successful rapport with audiences. It has twice won the Best World Music Award from the West Coast and was also nominated for a JUNO. Based in Vancouver BC, it uses its innovative approach of classical Chinese music to promote cultural links with non-Asian traditions, reflecting the true multicultural spirit of immigrants in Canada. Qiu Xia He (“chu sha her”) is a virtuoso Chinese pipa (traditional Chinese lute) performer, recording artist, composer and producer who is changing and enhancing the musical world around her. She constantly pushes her instrument and skills to new vistas, shaping traditional eastern styles with western influences and techniques from jazz, folk and Celtic music. Andre Thibault is a brilliant guitarist, whose fiery rhythms and stunning technique is drawn from a unique blend of Flamenco and Moorish traditions coloured with jazz, classical, and world music. Andre is equally at home on a wide variety of stringed instruments, flutes and percussive instruments collected from around the world. Montreal-born and raised, Andre has been a key player on the West Coast world-music scene for more than 20 years. Together, they give the performances all the beauty of the Chinese folk tradition and plenty of Western showmanship.
