Bardic Divas

The Silk Road serves as an enduring symbol of humanity joined together by trade and cultural exchange. At the very centre of the Silk Road lands, amid the vast steppe and great oasis cities of Central Asia, two very different civilizations – nomadic and sedentary – preserve their own distinctive patterns of culture. In this programme, four talented young artists represent the contemporary face of their heritage, music shaped both by the intimate relationship of pastoralists to the natural world, and by the social and spiritual needs of small clan-bound communities.