Chamber Music with Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
A spellbinding highlight of the 2011 Global Roots Festival returns! Chamber Music is a collaboration between Ballaké Sissoko, who plays the traditional kora, a lute-harp from Mali, and Vincent Segal, a French cellist who plays for the trip-hop band Bumcello. Together, they create stunning music of quiet beauty and soulful simplicity.
Ballaké Sissoko's latest album For Peace (Feb 5, 2013) continues and extends the collaboration with Segal; NPR notes that Sissoko brings a "dreamy, lovely beauty to his work."
Ticket options and info
- On sale date: now
- Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 0 between 12 noon and 4pm ($2 fee per ticket)
- In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (approximately $2 fee)
- Online: Ticketweb (typically $2--$3 fee/ticket) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
- The Cedar is an all ages venue
- Students with ID, seniors over 65, and children under 12 may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.
Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and French trip-hop cellist Vincent Segal take two diverse musical traditions, and together create a new kind of chamber music. Their album Chamber Music is one of the most elegant and beautiful recordings of “world...
Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.
