Ute Lemper at London Jazz Festival

Ute Lemper, one of the world’s great cabaret singers, celebrates the tango and the music of Astor Piazzolla, with some of his most dramatic and sensual songs about love, life, death, fatality, passion and survival in Buenos Aires. The destiny of these songs takes us on a journey through the dark alleys of Berlin, New York and Paris, drawing in evocative tangos from the pens of Kurt Weill and Jacques Brel.

Ballaké Sissoko is one of Mali’s great exponents of the kora – joining forces with cellist Vincent Ségal, they have made a sublime CD Chamber Music which was voted International Jazz Album of the Year in France. After sensational shows with Cesaria Evora and Bassekou Kouyate, another chance to hear their thrilling duet....

read more

Ute Lemper, one of the world’s great cabaret singers, celebrates the tango and the music of Astor Piazzolla, with some of his most dramatic and sensual songs about love, life, death, fatality, passion and survival in Buenos Aires. The destiny of these songs takes us on a journey through the dark alleys of Berlin, New York and Paris, drawing in evocative tangos from the pens of Kurt Weill and Jacques Brel.

Ballaké Sissoko is one of Mali’s great exponents of the kora – joining forces with cellist Vincent Ségal, they have made a sublime CD Chamber Music which was voted International Jazz Album of the Year in France. After sensational shows with Cesaria Evora and Bassekou Kouyate, another chance to hear their thrilling duet.

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3

show less