The Silk Road Ensemble: Arabian Waltz

Driven by complex additive rhythms and improvisatory melodic lines, Arabian Waltz is a propulsive work by Lebaneseborn composer Rabih AbouKhalil, whose works fuse the musical traditions of the Arabic world with jazz improvisation and European classical techniques. The Silk Road Ensemble with YoYo Ma performed this piece at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, NY. For more on the Silk Road Ensemble and the Silk Road Project, visit