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MUSIC
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 7 PM
SILKROAD UP-CLOSE:
KAORU WATANABE, KINAN AZMEH, AND MAEVE GILCHRIST
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Traversing the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Silkroad presents a brand new trio seamlessly blending three disparate narratives of language and sound. Three internationally acclaimed, genre-bending artists who each have been credited with reshaping the landscape of their respective instruments through their unique improvisational styles and compositional voices. This will be a one of a kind performance at Guild Hall.
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COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7 PM
HARMONY IN MOTION: A MUSIC & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
This program is held off-site at Mandala Yoga Center
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Harmony in Motion is an immersive workshop exploring the connections between live music, movement, deep listening, and meditation. Silkroad artists Maeve Gilchrist, an Edinburgh-born harpist and composer rooted in Celtic traditions, and Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned practitioner of Japanese flutes and percussion, join Mandala Yoga Center dance-artist, Bradley Teal Ellis to guide participants through listening, movement, and breath exercises. No previous yoga, movement, or musical experience is required.
Continue the journey the following evening at Guild Hall, where Gilchrist and Watanabe join clarinetist Kinan Azmeh for an intimate Silkroad Up-Close concert on Saturday, November 7.
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COMMUNITY FILM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 5 PM
CONNECTIONS & CONVERSATIONS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE HAMPTONS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, HALF MOON SCREENING
This program is held off-site at The East Hampton Library
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Half Moon: Screening and conversation with Kinan Azmeh, clarinetist, composer, member-Silk Road Ensemble, member National Endowment for the Arts and moderator: Nigel Noble, Academy Award winning documentarian.
“An elegiac documentary following virtuosic clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh, a Damascus-born musician living in exile, as he attempts to find meaning and purpose after the outbreak of war in Syria.” (IMDb)
Continue the journey the following evening at Guild Hall, where Gilchrist and Watanabe join clarinetist Kinan Azmeh for an intimate Silkroad Up-Close concert on Saturday, November 7.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Performing Arts programs are supported by 2026 season sponsors Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, with additional lead support from Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund.
Guild Hall’s Performing Arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, and the Anne Wolf Concert Fund.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, Amy Cooney and Marty Feinman, John and Joan D’Addario, Lynn and Richard Feinson, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve and Susan Pesner and Peace, in memory of Michéle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, Judy Roaman and Carla Chammas, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Mrs. George Yates.
PHOTOS:
Kinan Azmeh. Photo: © Justin Mohling
Silkroad Up-Close Trio Irish Arts Center. Photo courtesy of the artists.
Still from Half Moon. Photo courtesy of IMDb.
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