We are excited to be playing at Wilderness Festival this year, programmed on a secret intimate stage in the woods! Set time to be announced.
For our 3rd residency gig at SJQ, we collaborate with our friend and composer/improviser - Tullis Rennie. The evening will involve a variety of sets and new music, from Balladeste sounds, cello and electronics to string duo + electronics.
Join us for the second in our series of Servant Jazz Quarter 'In residence' nights sharing new music & growing collaborations. This gig we will be joined by beautiful singer songwriter Ana Silvera to present newly co-written collection of songs interspersed with improvisations, alongside sharing new solo/duo work.
We are thrilled to be joining a candle-lit evening of improvised sound at this IMMERSE performance in a beautiful hidden chapel in East London, curated by artist, singer and composer, Wilderthorn.
We are looking forward to opening for Alvorada, London-based Chorro band, on the special night of their album launch. Expect vibrant, joyous melodies and rhythms!
https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/alvorada-album-launch---faz-te/tickets
We are making our debut at the vibrant Colourscape Festival! Expect a unique and immersive experience.
We will be playing alongside OTTER on the 14th, multiple sets between 11:30-3:30 PM.
For more info, check here:
https://www.eyemusic.org.uk/whatsonevents/events/event14.html
A beautiful experience at the Hastings event with new music, featuring music of Judith Weir and more. More info soon!
Join us for a night of music that crosses the realms of South Indian Classical, Chamber folk and modal improvisation. We are really excited to be joined new New York based award-winning Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy for this London gig.
We are thrilled to be performing at Medicine festival this year on the Nest Stage curated by Sam Lee.
So thrilled to perform in Newcastle for the first time as a part of GemArts Masala Festival.
Come join us on a lovely Saturday afternoon!
https://gemarts.org/whatson/events/640/gemarts-masala-festival-balladeste
Joining Emily Levy’s new work ‘Me Without You’ in a creation period over the months of May and June that will be presented across the UK.
Composer Emily Levy and Writer-Director Mella Faye present an unflinching, heartfelt and uplifting exploration of love, loss and survival.
Music, dance and recorded interviews from conversations across the UK are richly layered by a world class ensemble of musicians, dancers and actors to create an extraordinary elegy to the power of story and human connection. Me Without You celebrates those we’ve lost and those of us who are still here.
Joining Emily Levy’s new work ‘Me Without You’ in a creation period over the months of May and June that will be presented across the UK.
An extraordinary elegy to the power of story and human connection created by composer Emily Levy and Writer-Director Mella Faye. Me Without You celebrates those we’ve lost and those of us who are still here, through music, dance and recorded intervews, richly layered by an ensemble of musicians, dancers and actors.
Joining Emily Levy’s new work ‘Me Without You’ in a creation period over the months of May and June that will be presented across the UK.
Come spend an afternoon with us @ Wardown Museum in the stunning Drawing Room, surrounded by the museum's unique art collection and with spectacular views overlooking Wardown Park. 2 -4 PM
https://www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/music-museum-balladeste
Looking forward to performing at the Crown House in Hastings as a part of the Sounds-St.Leonards - Alt Strings night - alongside our friend and beautiful composer/violinist Ruby Colley.
Thrilled to be back at this fabulous night in Hoxton, started by Samuel Sharp and Jay Chakravorty to showcase post-classical acts, redefining chamber music, encompassing neoclassical, electronic, melodic, soundtrack, minimalist and ambient music.
We are really chuffed to have been invited to perform at a very special new festival in the Peak District. The arts space and pub has a wonderful ethos and are launching their gigs across the year. We will be playing at their first full festival date.
Friends in the North, come and join us at this intimate and special venue for an evening of improvised music mixed with tunes from both our albums.
We are really thrilled to finally be playing at this gorgeous venue. Help us spread the word!
London friends and beyond please SAVE THIS DATE!! This will be a special gig.
We are so excited to be launching & celebrating the release of our third album ‘ Conversations in Ritual’ - this one is a culmination of our collaboration to date, a musical conversation, fully improvised and recorded live at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh.
The concert will not only celebrate the release of this next album by us playing an intimate improvised set in the first half, we will then be joined in the 2nd half by the wonderful Flora Curzon and Laura Moody for a debut performance of our ‘Beyond Breath’ tracks with string quartet.
Hope you’ll come and join us in this secret and very special Byzantine venue.
We will be back at the Bright Foundation this year, playing at the Family Festival alongside a collective of musicians and theatre makers. All the music has been curated by Tara.
We are playing on Sunday and there will be loads of amazing music and events across the weekend in the beautiful space just on the edge of Hastings.
We are very excited to be doing a double bill, special gig with our dear friends and collaborators Ana Silvera & Saied Silbak. They will be presenting a new duo project ‘ Songs We Carry’. We will be playing tunes from out albums and improvising as well as performing a few new tunes created with Ana Silvera.
Come and join us at the lovely Vortex Jazz Club!
This years festival is curated by the wonderful Nabihah Iqbal, we are really excited to have been invited to join the line up of inspiring artists as part of this year’s Brighton Festival.
We are delighted to have been invited to perform as part of the Free Range series in Canterbury
We are looking forward to playing as part of the Oxford Folk weekender. We will be doing a double bill gig with our dear friends and wonderful string duo Fran & Flora - at the lovely theatre space - NorthWall Oxford.
Another special moment for us, to play in the iconic El Museo del Chopo in Mexico city. More details soon!
https://www.chopo.unam.mx/01ESPECIAL/artesvivas/balladeste.html
So exciting to venture overseas to perform in Mexico. Our first gig straight from Scotland to the Yucatan Peninsula- more details soon:)
https://lacitaizamal.com/concierto-desde-la-india-e-inglaterra-con-balladeste/
We are really excited to have been invited to perform at the beautiful Ardkinglas Estate as part of their Friday evening concert series. Anyone in that neck of the woods come and join us these beautiful surroundings! Contact info@ardkinglas.com to join the mailing list and receive more info about the gig.
Come and join us in the beautiful Old Town of Hastings for a double bill gig with gorgeous vocal duo Ben & Dom.
To kick off our 2023 tour and gigs we are really looking forward to joining Bristol based duo Jow for the launch of an exciting new gig series in Bath and Bristol @ The Orchard - Post Classical Assembly
To kick off our 2023 tour and gigs we are really looking forward to joining Bristol based duo Jow for the launch of an exciting new gig series in Bath and Bristol - Post Classical Assembly.
Come and join us in Bath on the 2nd February or Bristol at The Orchard on 3rd Feb.
Thrilled to be joining Blow the Fuse Collective to play a support set at their EFG London Jazz Festival Night at St Matthias Church N16, London
