For the first time in New York City, FlamenKora steps onto the stage carrying the breath of three distant homelands—Senegal, Brazil/Spain, and finally New York—woven into one luminous musical current. This is music shaped by migration, memory, and the ancient pathways between continents.
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko (Senegal) – Kora, Vocals
Roberto Monteiro (Brazil/Spain) – Flamenco Guitar
Volker Goetze (USA/Germany) – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
From Dakar, Paris‑based griot Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko brings the shimmering pulse of the kora and the ancestral voice of the Cissoko lineage, a family whose music has carried stories across centuries. From Brazil by way of Madrid, flamenco virtuoso Roberto Monteiro channels the duende of AndalucĂa through a South American heart—his guitar a bridge between Iberian fire and the rhythmic soul of the Atlantic. Completing the triangle, German‑born New York trumpeter and composer Volker Goetze summons the open‑sky imagination of jazz, shaped by decades of deep apprenticeship within West Africa’s Mande tradition....
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For the first time in New York City, FlamenKora steps onto the stage carrying the breath of three distant homelands—Senegal, Brazil/Spain, and finally New York—woven into one luminous musical current. This is music shaped by migration, memory, and the ancient pathways between continents.
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko (Senegal) – Kora, Vocals
Roberto Monteiro (Brazil/Spain) – Flamenco Guitar
Volker Goetze (USA/Germany) – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
From Dakar, Paris‑based griot Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko brings the shimmering pulse of the kora and the ancestral voice of the Cissoko lineage, a family whose music has carried stories across centuries. From Brazil by way of Madrid, flamenco virtuoso Roberto Monteiro channels the duende of AndalucĂa through a South American heart—his guitar a bridge between Iberian fire and the rhythmic soul of the Atlantic. Completing the triangle, German‑born New York trumpeter and composer Volker Goetze summons the open‑sky imagination of jazz, shaped by decades of deep apprenticeship within West Africa’s Mande tradition.
Their sound has already drawn international praise. Jazz News called FlamenKora “a luminous crossing of traditions, played with breathtaking sensitivity,” while London Jazz News described the trio as “a rare alchemy—earthy, elegant, and utterly transporting.” JAZZIZ hailed their debut as “a revelation of color and spirit,” and Téléramapraised the ensemble’s “spellbinding dialogue between continents.”Together, they form a trio that feels both ancient and boldly new. Their music is a living tapestry: kora lines that glimmer like desert constellations, flamenco harmonies that crackle with earth and ember, trumpet melodies that rise like wind over water.
FlamenKora sketches Spain in an African way, guided by the spirit of jazz and the deep memory of the griot tradition. Their debut album, FlamenKora, earned international acclaim, and their forthcoming release – recorded at the Paul Manship Artists Residency and completed at the Goethe‑Institut Madrid – will appear on Motéma Music.
Upcoming NYC area Dates
May 25, 2026, Flamenkora at Astoria Art House. (“Come Together” funded by Central Astoria – Street Fair organizers, stage & sound, City Council District 22 Tiffany Cabán, and Art House Astoria)
May 28, 2026: FlamenKora at Drom (NYC) – (Ticket)
May 30, 2026: FlamenKora at TEMPO Performing Arts Center (Kingston, NY) – Ticket
June 3, 2026: 20-minute performance at Emily Harvey Foundation with Johanna Roa’s poem for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (17th-century Mexican nun-intellectual); features flamenco singer Christian performing traditional siguiriya melody with Roa’s text.
All concerts endorsed by Musicians for Musicians (MFM).
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