dudu kouate + julia bilat
dudu kouate + julia bilat
📅 Date: 17 June 2026
🕰️ Time: doors open 7pm
📍 Location: Cambridge Junction (CB1 7GX)
👤 Ages: all welcome (under 14s with an adult)
46% funded
Renowned for his mastery of pan-African traditional instruments alongside cutting-edge experimental jazz, Dudù Kouate joins cellist Julia Biłat to journey through their cultural influences.
timings
7pm: doors open
7.30pm: recommended latest arrival
8pm: Dudù + Julia's set starts
9.20pm: estimated finish time
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dudu kouate + julia bilat
Dudù Kouate was born in Senegal in 1963 into a family of griots, the conservators of the African cultural and musical tradition. Member since 2017 of the historic Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dudù’s performances are famous for his array of 200+ instruments (many of which are manufactured by Dudù himself from recycled and upcycled materials) with which he journeys to the roots of the sounds of the earth - a journey he names the search for the ‘sound of elements’.
Recognised as an enhancer of traditional instruments, especially percussion and idiophones, he has expanded their inclusion within diverse musical contexts. His debut album Africation saw him mark a new creative phase, including string and wind instruments from the Berber lute (xalam) to the kanjira, from the djembè, the Senegalese drum, to pan-African flutes and the Australian didgeridoo.
For this performance, Dudù will be joined by Berlin-based cellist, improviser, and composer Julia Biłat. Bridging classical music, jazz, performance, and free improvisation, her cello becomes a resonating body for voice, movement, and space – at times delicate and fragile, at times powerful and eruptive. This collaboration won’t be a concert in the classical sense – but a journey that sets both body and senses in motion.
cambridge junction
Cambridge Junction was opened in 1990 to the south of the railway station and on the site of the city's former Cattle Market.
In its 35 years of hosting gigs it has solidified itself as one of the country's premier live music venues, as well as a home for young people, local communities, and artists to make radical, inclusive and engaging shared experiences.
tickets
Rewards: standing tickets to noisenight242 on Wednesday 17 June 2026 at Cambridge Junction. First-come, first-served for the best views. Doors open at 7pm.
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