Performers
Abel Selaocoe, Cello and Vocals
Bantu Ensemble
– Fred Thomas, Piano
– Alan Keary, Bass
– Dudù Kouaté, Percussion

With his Bantu Ensemble, rising-star cellist, singer, improviser, and composer Abel Selaocoe moves with virtuosic grace across genres, broadening both the scope and audience of classical music while blending African and Western European traditions. “One of the most captivating performers [of] the classical music world … other genres can claim him too, but part of what makes him so compelling is the way all those labels seem to dissolve in front of him,” says the The Guardian in its review of Selaocoe’s debut album. “Nobody else could have made this.”