Silk Road Music is a professional Chinese troupe 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. Silk Road Music offers musical programs with a variety of personnel formats, from duo to quintet. All formats include Pipa virtuoso Qiu Xia He (founder of Silk Road Music) and the talented multi-instrumentalist Andre Thibault.
