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Ballaké Sissoko is a Malian kora player who has collaborated with Toumani Diabaté, Taj Mahal and others. He also faced a controversy when his kora was damaged by US customs in 2020.
Ballaké Sissoko. Ten fingers for twenty-one strings, and magic takes place, surely, calmly. Ballaké Sissoko enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by his talent as a melodist and an improviser.
Though two of the pieces also feature on Djourou, the new album gathers together all eight of them in a musical conversation between a master, made of flesh and spirit, and his ‘double’, made ...
Celebrated Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko graces the COLORS stage with a mesmerising performance of ‘Nan Sira Madi’.
Ballaké Sissoko enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by his talent as a melodist and an improviser.
Learn about the Malian kora master and his latest instrumental album, recorded in a chapel with his double. Discover his musical journey, collaborations and influences in this biography.
Ten fingers for twenty-one strings, and magic takes place, surely, calmly. Ballaké Sissoko enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by his talent as a melodist and an improviser.
