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

Ablaye Cissoko is part of a new generation of artists from Senegal. Living like a griot, he incarnates 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 constantly renew his musical universe and surprise us time and again.

Accordionist Cyrille Brotto spent most of his career as part of the ball duo Brotto-Lopez and with the well-known French band Les Ogres de Barback. Through his creativity and curiosity, he has the gift of taking us into sensitive, rich and multifaceted universes. Always with a simple and joyful goal in mind: that his music may touch the body and the soul.

Together, they take us on a spiritual and intimate journey, during which Ablaye Cissoko’s soft velvet voice adds an extra mystical dimension. But it is about more than just music: it is a story of friendship and deep respect for each other, the unprecedented encounter between two instruments and two artists with constantly renewed universes.