Ableye Cissoko & Kiya Tabassian from the ensemble Constantinople Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Host Trevor Reekie interviews Kiya Tabassian from the early music ensemble Constantinople. Kiya formed the band after his family relocated from Iran to Montreal in Canada.
The three-piece band's music is influenced by the sounds of the Persian Court, as well as their curiosity and enthusiasm for collaboration and improvisation, which has seen them working with a long list of trans-global musicians, including the Senegalese Kora virtuoso, Ablaye Cissoko.
Together Ablaye and Constantinople have recorded two albums, the most recent called Traversées, released earlier in 2019. Trevor Reekie catches up with Kiya Tabassian who is mid way through a long tour with Ablaye Cissoko, playing this night in Toronto.
Music Details
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Rêveries
Kiya Tabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Rêveries
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Dhaffer Youssef
Ruby like Wine (To Sheikh Muhammed Omran)
Dhaffer Youssef
Sound Of Mirrors
Anteprima Productions
Melanie De Biasio
Afro Blue
Mongo Santamaría, arranged by Melanie De Biasio
Lillies
Le Label/PIAS
Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder
Diaraby
Ali Farka Touré
Talking Timbuktu
World Circuit
Natalia Mann
Sunshine Sister
Natalia Mann
Pasif.Ist
Rattle Records
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Poisson Au Fond De L'Ocean
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Traversées
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Lountang
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Denkilo
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Before the Rain
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Départs
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Vers isfahan
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Fleuve (Fleuve Saint Louis)
KiyaTabassian, Ablaye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Ablaye Sissoko & Volker Goetz
Sira
Ablaye Sissoko
Sira
Volker Goetz, Montena Music
