the Map was nominated in the Best Classical Crossover Album category at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011. 2001 - Silk Road Journey: When Strangers Meet 2005 - Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon (released earlier in Japan in 2004 titled Enchantment) 2007 - New Impossibilities 2008 - Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago 2009 - Off the Map 2013 - A Playlist Without Borders 2016 - Sing Me Home 2017 - The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick [soundtrack 2020 - Falling Out of Time Members In addition to Ma, performing members of the ensemble include: Siamak Aghaei - santur/composer Edward Arron - cello Kinan Azmeh - clarinet Jeffrey Beecher - double bass Mike Block - cello Nicholas Cords - viola Gevorg Dabaghyan - duduk Sandeep Das - tabla/composer Joel Fan - piano Haruka Fujii - percussion Jonathan Gandelsman - violin Joseph Gramley - percussion/composer Ben Haggarty - storyteller He Cui - sheng Hu Jianbing - sheng, bawu Rauf Islamov - kamancheh Colin Jacobsen - violin/composer Siamak Jahangiry - ney Kayhan Kalhor - kamancheh/composer Ganbaatar Khongorzul - urtiin duu (long song) Dong-Won Kim - janggo, vocals/composer Ji Hyun Kim - kayagum, vocals You-Young Kim - viola Li Hui - pipa Liu Lin - sanxian Ali Asgar Mammadov - tar Max Mandel - viola Gulia Mashurova - harp Kevork Mourad - visual artist Cristina Pato - Galician bagpipe /composer Alim Qasimov - mugham vocals Farghana Qasimova - mugham vocals Bassam Saba - oud, ney/composer Shane Shanahan - percussion/composer Mark Suter - percussion/composer Kojiro Umezaki - shakuhachi/composer Wu Man - pipa Wu Tong - sheng, bawu/composer Betti Xiang - erhu Yang Wei - pipa DaXun Zhang - double bass Reylon Yount - yangqin Jason Duckles - Cello Silk Road Ensemble composers and arrangers include: Rabih Abou-Khalil Christopher Adler Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Jia Daqun Gabriela Lena Frank Osvaldo Golijov Jeeyoung Kim Glenn Kotche Angel Lam Alisher Latif-Zadeh Ljova (Lev Zhurbin) Nurlanbek Nyshanov Sangidorjiin Sansargereltekh Vache Sharafyan Byambasuren Sharav Giovanni Sollima Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky Zhao Jiping Zhao Lin Evan Ziporyn Silk Road Chicago Silk Road Chicago was a yearlong, citywide celebration, from June 2006 to June 2007, with special events, performances, and exhibitions that explored cross-cultural discovery and celebrated the artistic legacy of the historic Silk Road. Silk Road Chicago was a partnership among Silkroad, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism, Chicago Symphony