Creating Peace Across Borders

When Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 1998, the idea was rooted in a simple question: “What happens when strangers meet?” And thus Silk Road was born, as both a touring group comprised of world-class musicians from all over the globe and a social impact organization working to make a positive impact across borders through the arts. You might say that the idea of "creating peace across borders" is one very much on our minds right now —and so Steve Seel features a performance of the Silk Road Ensemble in music by Iranian-Kurdish composer Kayan Kalhor. Steve also plays music by Judd Greenstein, John Luther Adams, Julia Kent, and more.

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble asks, “What happens when strangers meet?” The idea of "creating peace across borders" is on many people’s minds now, and that’s the focus of this week’s Extra Eclectic, with Steve Seel. 


Creating peace across borders