Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto

Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto combine their talents to present us with a masterpiece of enormous beauty and sensitivity. With a rich poetic imagination and musical intelligence, they create delicate music that ripples softly like a waterfall, so harmonious and elegant. So let yourself be moved by their enchanting interplay in Grounds.

Ablaye Cissoko is part of a new generation of artists from Senegal. Living as a griot, he embodies the encounter between Mandinka traditions and contemporary musical innovations. His fragile voice and virtuoso kora playing make him one of the most fascinating African musicians. He knows how to renew his musical universe without limits and surprise us time and again. Accordionist Cyrille Brotto was the talk of the town for years in the ball duo Brotto-Lopez and in the famous French band Les Ogres de Barback. Through his creativity and curiosity, he has the gift of taking us to sensitive, rich and multifaceted universes. Always with a simple and joyful goal in mind: that his music should touch the body and the soul.

Together they take us on a spiritual and intimate journey, where Ablaye Cissoko's soft and velvety voice creates an extra mystical dimension. But it's about more than just music: it's a story of friendship and deep respect for each other, an unparalleled encounter between two instruments and two artists with ever-innovating universes.