SILKROAD ENSEMBLE “A HOME WITHIN”

PRELUDE 6 PM

SILKROAD ENSEMBLE “A HOME WITHIN”

Support for this program generously provided by:

ProtoStar Foundation

SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2022 · 7 PM

THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

PROGRAM

Works to be announced from stage.

20-MINUTE INTERMISSION

Kinan Azmeh, creator & composer, clarinet Kevork Mourad, creator, visual art Layale Chaker, violin Shawn Conley, bass Karen Ouzounian, cello Shane Shanahan, percussion Issam Rafea, oud

La Jolla Music Society’s 2021-22 Season is supported by The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Joy Frieman, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Dorothea Laub, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

ABOUT

Home Within is an emotional accounting of home in a time of conflict. An audio-visual performance conceived by Syrian Composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad, the result is an impressionistic reflection on the unity of loss, longing, and the impact of tragedy on our sense of “home.” Rather than follow a narrative, the artists document “home” within specific moments in Syria’s recent history, using the counterpoint between image and sound to establish a sense of sustained urgency and continued hope for both their homeland and communities around the world.

Home Within was originally created as a duo commission in response to the Syrian crisis in 2013; over a decade later, the work is taking on new life as a large-scale collaboration with the Silkroad Ensemble.