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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.

Ballaké Sissoko is the son of Djelimady Sissoko, a great master of the Manding Kora, a twenty-one-stringed harp whose crystalline sound has conquered the international public. Ballaké is one of the best Kora players of the new generation. He started learning the instrument at a very young age with his father. Having played with the prestigious Ensemble Instrumental du Mali and accompanied many female Malian singers, he earned his reputation by performing solo, in a duo with Toumani Diabate, with Taj Mahal, and with a number of other musicians...



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Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal - Chamber music (No Format - 2009)
Ballaké Sissoko, Rajery, Driss El Maloumi - 3 MA (Contre Jour - 2008)
Thee stranded horse & Ballaké Sissoko (Talitres - 2007))
Liu Fang - La son de soie (Accords croisés - 2006))
Keyvan Chemirani - Le rythme de la parole II (Accords croisés - 2006))
Ballaké Sissoko - Tomora (Label Bleu/Indigo - 2005))
Ludovico Einaudi et Ballaké Sissoko - Diario Mali (Ponderosa - 2003))
Ross Daly - Microkosmos (Nocturne - 2002))
Ballaké Sissoko - Déli (Label Bleu/Indigo - 2000))
Toumani Diabaté et Ballaké Sissoko - Nouvelles cordes anciennes (1999))
Taj Mahal et Toumani Diabaté - Kulanjan(1999))
Djelimoussa Sissoko dit "Ballaké" (1998 - 5 plančtes))
Ballaké Sissoko - Kora music from Mali (1997 - Bibiafrica)





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