Céline Dessberg

Music · Fasching

The French-Mongolian singer and yatga player Céline Dessberg weaves together Mongolian steppe melodies, black-and-white new wave romance, and jazz nuances into a sound that The Guardian calls "hauntingly beautiful." Dessberg's music is shaped equally by her background: the pastoral, Buddhist heritage of Mongolia and the urban pulse of France. Her sources of inspiration range from twilight jazz (Chet Baker) to quirky pop (David Byrne) and, not least, Mongolian folk music. At the heart of her…