Review Essay: Why Was this Colloquium on Drums and Drum Ensembles Along the Silk Road Important in these Times?

Abstract

This short review essay aims at answering the question ‘Why was this Colloquium on Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Silk Road Important in these Times’? It was the very first gathering on this topic I experienced. I could meet experts as an amateur since I only recently dealt seriously with music. I wanted to share my ideas and I could learn a lot, too. However, I think that this mutual learning is the most important. The colloquium was to a great part to increase interest in many details about which we do not know yet.