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Lamine Cissokho grew up in Casamance, a region in Southern Senegal well-known for its rich culture of musical traditions. He is a descendant of the Mandingue griot family, a family of famous musicians whose traditions date back to the 15th century. Each family member helps preserve their musical inheritance by passing down their musical talents and gifts to the next generation. Lamine‘s father is the professional kora player, Sana Cissokho, and his mother is the singer, Fatoumata Drame from Casamance. Lamine and his siblings have been singing and playing kora and other traditional West African instruments with their father since childhood. The kora became Lamine‘s main instrument early in his musical career. Since the age of 10, Lamine has played in many different groups and today, he is a well-known kora player. He has lived in Falun,Sweden since 2001.

In Sweden he has played with musicians such as Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr, Anders Nygards, Baba Blues and the Ale Möller Band. He has played at the Urkultfestivalen several times and he continues to work as a musician in Dalateatern, Senegal.He also writes his group‘s musical compostions.

Lamine‘s inspirations include by Souriba Kouyaté, Toumani Diabaté, Balaké Cissokho and Sana Cissokho.

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SALZBURGER Saitenklang was founded in 1992 by the renowed austrian zither-soloist WILFRIED SCHARF.

The ensemble – comprising zither, harp and guitar - is at first sight a traditional austrian "Stubenmusik" - but on closer examination you meet an ensemble which is famous for breathtaking performances with their synthesis of period and modern string instruments.

They are a Strings Chamber Formation, Two Concert Harps and Three Violins, which was founded in 1990 in Malaga, Spain by the teachers Lidia del Rio de Miguel- Harp and Walter O. Tejeda Carranza- Violin.

triopartout was founded by Birgit Ramsl, Johannes Flieder and Gabriela Mossyrsch, three talented Austrian musicians and is the only ensemble of this traditional instrumentation in Austria. Inspired by the variety of sound combinations all three players complement each other on a high artistic level. Besides their passion for chamber music they hold top positions in famous Viennese orchestras. Triopartout is committed to honor the free instrumentation of the works in order to enjoy the tonally interesting kinship of their three instruments. Various invitations to chamber music concerts in Austria and abroad followed so far.

Gabriela Mossyrsch was born in Vienna and grew up in a multicultural home. She studied harp in the class of Ludwig Poduschka at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz. There she obtained her concert diploma at the age of 18. She continued her studies at the Conservatoire National de la Région de Paris under Brigitte Sylvestre and graduated with the Premier Prix à l’unanimité.