Abel Selaocoe redefines the parameters of cello at the RNCM

Performing as part of his debut album tour, Hae Ke Kae (Where is Home), virtuosic South African cellist Abel Selaocoe returns to his alma mater with the Bantu Ensemble at the RNCM on Fri 18 Nov.

Combining masterful performance with improvisation, singing and body percussion, Selaocoe glides frictionlessly between a range of genres and styles, delivering concertos and solo performances alongside collaborations with world musicians and even beatboxers. Dedicated to expanding the horizons of classical music in order to captivate a more diverse audience, Selaocoe composes works and develops programmes which reveal the osmotic links between Western and non-Western musical forms and traditions.

Selaocoe recently appeared on Channel 4 News to discuss his album and wider oeuvre – check out the interview here.

With tickets just £9 for under-26s and students, the full programme includes:

Abel Selaocoe:
Ibuyile I’Africa (Africa is Back)
Ka Bohaleng (On the Sharp Side)
Zawose (for Hukwe Zawose)
Lerato (Love)
Ancestral Affirmations

Giovanni Benedetto Platti Cello Sonata No 7 in D major
J S Bach Sarabande from Cello Suite No 3 in C major BWV 1009
J S Bach Sarabande from Cello Suite No 5 in C minor BWV 1011

For more information, and to book tickets to an unmissable show of stirring fusions and broadened perspectives, click here.