CANCELED: Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra

The Cedar regrets to advise that this show has been cancelled due to the band eliminating this leg of their tour. Ticketholders, please consult the Cedar Ticket Refund Policy. 

For Toumani, the name of his accompanists evokes a perfect balance - a symmetry - between tradition and modernity, and between the contributions of musicians from a number of closely related countries. Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Mali itself, were all part of the medieval Mandé Empire. Toumani had the idea of recreating the cultural equilibrium of the Mandé Empire in a modern musical context - offsetting traditional and electric guitars with hard-edged sabar drumming; praise-singing and lute-riffing alongside pounding kit drums, with Toumani's own rippling kora phrases through it all.  In this very special concert, following on from the release of the glowingly received album 'Ali and Toumani', Toumani Diabaté and his band will include in their repertoire interpretations of the music of the late, great Ali Farka Touré.

CANCELLED

Toumani Diabaté

Toumani Diabaté plays the kora, a harp unique to West Africa with 21 strings. More than any other kora player, it is Toumani who is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world.  He is a performer of truly exceptional virtuosity...