During our small Midlands tour, Raahiya Duo- Camilo and I - perform our violin tabla and electronics set in Nottingham at ‘By our Hands’ venue.
More info soon!
Balladeste returns to Lost in the Hills Festival- more info coming soon.
Thrilled to debut our new duo (me on violin with Camilo Tirado on electronics and tabla) at Lost in the HIlls, with other dates in the Midlands. More info coming soon!
Thrilled to be premiering a new project with the fabulous musician & artist Camilo Tirado- violin meets tabla and electronics for an indian classical rendition. Come join us in Sheffield here:
https://gencem.org/event/folk-at-the-chapel-presents-raahiya-duo-iona-kaye-two-mirrors/
Excited to premiere our new collaborative EP ‘Difficult Loves’ in London at the Old Church with Balladeste and Ana Silvera.
https://billetto.co.uk/e/balladeste-x-ana-silvera-ep-launch-the-old-church-london-tickets-1882245?
Reunited with my dear friends Giuliano Modarelli, guitar & Harkiret Singh, tabla for a GemArts performance.
https://gemarts.org/whatson/events/716/riverside-ragas-confluence
Our first EP launch, in Hastings, @ Brewing Brothers venue. Come join us to celebrate the live premiere of our collaborative EP, ‘Difficult Loves’
Happy to join Manizeh and co for a soulful evening of kirtan at Love Supreme.
We are looking forward to presenting a lunchtime series concert at Warwick Arts Centre, followed by a workshop with the university string players.
More info here: https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/qvT-balladeste/
Excited to be joining stunning up-and-coming singer Sheherazaad on the Belgium tour. For more specific info, check here.
I do not usually programme myself, but I am thrilled to be performing with my string duo Balladeste at my intimate House gig series, along with erhu virtuoso Ziyang Huang. These nights are always memorable, and hope you will join us.
Ticket info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tfg-intimate-house-concert-serenading-strings-tickets-1804092953589?aff=oddtdtcreator
Excited to be back at Free Range Canterbury, this time with our dear friends and sibling string duo, Fran & Flora. Hope you can join us for a beautiful night of strings!
Looking forward to joining my flamenco community for a post-performance jam as a part of Patricia Longa’s fabulous night, Cabrole! Check here for more details:
A unique collaboration with Sanju Sahai, tabla maestro, Giuliano Modarelli, guitar, & Jaymini Sahai, kathak dance @ The Curve Slough
https://curvevenue.uk/events/aradhana-arts-presents-divine-light
Joining Kirtan master Radhika Das’s band for a beautiful night of music alongside Jahnavi Harrison.
https://dice.fm/event/92qnkn-radhika-das-and-jahnavi-harrison-12th-oct-o2-shepherds-bush-empire-london-tickets?lng=en
We join Moira Smiley for a second night, performing her tunes interwoven with Balladeste’s original compositions, joined by guest string players Laura Moody, cello & Flora Curzon, violin.
We are looking forward to this set of gigs with our dear friend and songwriter-folk singer Moira Smiley from the USA. We will interweave our original compositions with Moira’s Rhizome Project, joined by guest strings Laura Moody, cello & Flora Curzon, violin..
https://www.emilyschoirs.co.uk/event-details/moira-smiley-and-friends
For those of you in the Midlands, Balladeste, my duo with Tara Franks, make our way up north to perform at Seven Arts (SAA UK) Looking forward to sharing our music and hope you can join us here:
https://www.saa-uk.org/concerts/balladeste-25th-sept-thursday/
Looking forward to joining the Improbaband once more, this time to improvise musically on the theme of AI and consciousness.
More information soon!
Come join us for a special garden celebratory evening of the sounds of Brazil, samba and choro, with Aleh Ferreira & Alvorada. My TFG Series continues with this stellar, soulful and playful lineup!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tfg-intimate-house-concert-brazilian-garden-party-tickets-1467160830539?aff=oddtdtcreator Book tickets here!
The musical trio comes together again to join Madrid-based dancer Cristina San Gregorio at the Jamboree. Come join us for this intimate and special experience of flamenco music and dance.
https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/flamenco-with-lourdes-fernandez-and-her-band-6/
Looking forward to joining Cristina San Gregorio again this year, alongside Adrian Sola, guitar and Jasmine Villa-Lobos, singer for a vibrant evening of dance and music.
https://batterseaspanish.com/whats-on/flamenco-show-cristina-san-gregorio-and-friends
We are honoured to join this beautiful line-up (Alice Zawadski, Fred Thomas, The Magic Lantern, Zac Gvi) in this intimate and cozy church setting to support Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Join us on Thursday July 24th 7-10pm at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead for an evening of musical rapture in support of and solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Balladeste
The Magic Lantern
Fred Thomas
Zac Gvi
£15 suggested donation or PWYC
All proceeds go to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestine)
Our final stop of the Sheherazaad tour at the Munich club Import/Export!
Onwards on our tour, we make our way to Lausanne Switzerland to play in the gorgeous cathedral as a part of the citywide festival.
A cosy show with the new band of Sheherazaad at this intimate Berlin venue.
Thrilled to join the up-and-coming artist Sheherazaad on a Germany/Switzerland Tour. We grace Fusion Festival on the Neuland and Laufhaus stage.
if you’re there, come join us!
The culmination of a two month project working with primary school classes to write new songs.
Hear foot-stomping traditional songs from around the world, as well as original songs in over 30 languages written by the children and inspired by refugee stories, and join in with interactive singing, beatboxing and body percussion!
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/music-action-international-harmonise-london
