Ballaké Sissoko
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Ballaké Sissoko (Bamako, Mali, 1968), began playing kora, typical griot instrument used by storytellers in West Africa, at a very young age. In 1998 he released his first solo album Kora Music from Mali Kora–Solo Album, while the following year he duetted with Tourmani Diabaté, a renowned Malian griot musician and kora player. In September 2003 Ballaké Sissoko published for Ponderosa Diario Mali, together with Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi. The album traced an ideal journey into the heart of Africa.
In 2005 Sissoko published Tomora, where he collaborated again with Tourmani Diabaté and with artists such as Alboulkadri Barry, Rokia Traoré, and Fanga Diawara. After 2009 collaboration with the cellist Vincent Ségal, in 2013 Sissoko published another solo album: At Peace. A record of remembrance and celebration of his homeland, Mali. The album, made of traditional and evocative sounds, expressed peace and serenity. In 2015 Sissoko engaged in a new collaboration with Vincent Ségal in the album Musique de Nuit, while in 2019 he published his latest work Sissoko & Sissoko, a collection of duets with the musician Baba Sissoko.
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