An estuary is that portion of a river where fresh water and salt water meet. A space that activates and stimulates life. From there to making it a symbol of meeting and sharing, it is a step taken with grace by the musicians Kiya Tabassian, Ablaye Cissoko, and Patrick Graham, of the Montreal Constantinople ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trio let their imagination, enriched with humanism, speak\u2014nay, sing\u2014and fully unfold. Through the intonations and accents of the music from their cultural origins (Iran for Tabassian, Senegal for Cissoko) or academic backgrounds (Graham is a versatile percussionist, nurtured in classical, folk, and multiple traditional scholarly traditions), the three Montreal musicians (in fact, Cissoko is almost a local given how often he is here) take us into their transcultural, warm, and welcoming vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n