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American Railroad
Silkroad Ensemble with
Rhiannon Giddens

Sun Nov 12 | 7PM

Event details

One of the most influential and prolific musicians in the world, Rhiannon Giddens is joined by the multi-cultural Silkroad, the ensemble she has helmed since 2020, filling the shoes of Yo-Yo Ma. Prior to her Soraya debut, Southern California has welcomed her both as an opera composer (LA Opera’s Omar) and in the prestigious post of Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival. First an exceptional singer and purveyor of Americana, she is now equally at home with a banjo as she is with a full orchestra or musical instruments from all corners of the globe. In their new, multi-year project, Giddens and Silkroad illuminate the creation of the transcontinental railroad, one of the greatest feats of technology in the 19th century, and equally a complicated chapter in American history for those who labored to build it, including the Chinese and Irish immigrants, as well as the African American and Indigenous people.

Sun Nov 12 | 7PM

Ticket prices

$42-$101

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“Along the way, Giddens acquired what she calls her mission: ‘uncovering and highlighting parts of our history that have been suppressed to tell a false narrative that is tearing us apart.’”
—The New York Times

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