Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper - Live in Palo Alto, CA on January 22 and 23 !!

presented by worldclassmusic.live

Ballaké Sissoko (Mali, kora) & Derek Gripper (South Africa, guitar)

*with special guest Alam Khan (sarod)* 

Doors 6.30pm / Showtime 7.30pm

Ballaké Sissoko is the greatest kora virtuoso in the world, a seminal improviser with an ability to unlock every possible nuance on the kora with subtleties rarely heard on any instrument - let alone the kora which is over 700 years old. 

Derek Gripper's love of the kora set him transcribing and recording some of the greatest works of the instrument, changing the face of classical guitar and giving the instrument its very first African repertoire. 

Their performances and recordings are all achieved without any verbal communication, just a mutual love of their shared repertoire and the possibilities of the plucked string.

www.derekgripper.com | www.ballakesissoko.com