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BIMHUIS & MUZIEKGEBOUW PRESENT: Enchancting, stirring and absolutely virtuosic: that is the string playing of the three renowned musicians from Istanbul who together form the Taksim Trio. They excel in so-called ‘taksims’, improvisations that draw from Ottoman classical music, Anatolian folk, blues, raga and flamenco. Graceful, familiar-sounding melodies can gradually flare up into exuberant and breathtaking ventures. The driving force behind the bunch is Ismail Tunçbilek on the electric bağlama, also called a Turkish saz. He has previously played with the great flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía. Aytaç Doğan excels on the kanun, the horizontal stringed instrument played with the fingers. And Hüsnü Şenlendirici is an ambassador of…

In the past twenty years, Ablaye Cissoko became one of the highest acclaimed players of the kora, the West African double harp. He also sings in the tradition of the ‘griots’ or storytellers he’s related to. A remarkably fragile, warm and sensitive affair is his recent album Instant, that he recorded with French accordion player Cyrille Brotto. ‘A gem’, according to Songlines Magazine. ‘The accordion adds a melancholy, faintly Celtic drone to Cissoko’s elegant arpeggios.’ Hailing from Senegal, Ablaye Cissoko previously formed a surprising duo with trumpeter Volker Goetze, with whom he recorded three albums. He also collaborated with the likes of Randy Weston, Eric Bibb, and the…