In April Cristina is embarked on the Silkroad tour with Yo-Yo Ma. Touring the US with a unique repertory that includes Edward Perez’s The Latina 6/8 Suite, commissioned by Cristina, the cello and piano movement of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, with Yo-Yo Ma on cello and Cristina on piano, and the storytelling piece Cristina composed inspired in her mother’s journey with dementia: My Lethe Story: The River of Forgetfulness. The tour includes also some arrangements of traditional music from around world and new pieces by Ljova, Jia Daqun and Colin Jacobsen.
The tour is making stops in:
- Brookville, NY (April 7th, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts)
- Newark, NJ (April 8th, New Jersey Performing Arts Center)
- Princeton, NJ (April 9th, McCarter Theatre Center)
- Hamilton, NY (April 11th, Colgate University)
- Amherst, MA (April 12th, Fine Arts Center Concet Hall)
- Lewisburg, PA (April 14th, Weis Center, Bucknell University)
- Tallahassee, FL (April 17th, Ruby Diamond Concert Hall)
- Sarasota, FL (April 19th, Van Wezel)
- Naples, FL (April 20th, Artis—Naples)
- Palm Beach, FL (April 21st, Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall)
- and Miami, FL (April 23th, Adrienne Arsht Center)
See some backstage pictures taken by Cristina’s husband Xan Padron with Silkroad musicians Kinan Azmeh (Syria), Wu Man (China) and the rest of the ensemble:
