Day: October 19, 2024

Listen to Famoudou Konaté: Guinée: Percussions & Chants Malinké, volumes 1.2 at Soundcloud

By occasion this —to remember— finding of the senior musical authority Famoudou Konaté‘s two musical reference albums Guinea: Malinke Rhythms & Songs at the Soundcloud portal — toward all interested listeners and music students. The albums have been recorded by Famoudou Konaté and the Ensemble Hamana Dan Ba (27 tracks, play length 2’26”22s). As original new releases the musical document are not available anymore, currently, otherwise than as used items offered second-hand.

We can find a similar representation of this music at Google Inc. YouTube here.

More on Famoudou Konaté’s biography in this here blog post (about his biographical project).

Many thanks for listening!

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Concert announcement/reminder for Ensemble Triloban: Trio concert (violoncello, kora harp, percussion) at Röcknitz, Saxony/F.R.G., on Saturday, October 19th, 2024

This Saturday afternoon, from 2 p.m. onward until 5 p.m. the Ensemble Triloban —this time as trio consisting of its founder Friederike Bouzayen (violoncello), Alpha Oulare (percussion) and Sam Jarju (kora harp)— is performing another concert at the Geoportal Herrenhaus Röcknitz, address: An der Wasserburg 3, D-04808 Thallwitz OT Röcknitz, Free State of Saxony, F.R.G. The performance is to include many improvisation and invites all guests to play-along with and to dance to the music.

More information on the concert venue Geoportal (Super-volcano center) Herrenhaus Röcknitz here and here. — Many thanks to the friendly host and all audience and guests!

»The Triloban Quartet [!] combines melodies from the West African Jali traditions with European keys. Works by J. S. Bach meet overtone-rich melodies from the Kora, the West African bridge harp; traditional Mandinka songs meet instrumental improvisations with concert dulcimer and violoncello, and diversely improvised African percussion. Other musical instruments, such as xylophone and rattles, are available for visitors to play along with.« (Naturcello.de)

You can also recherche on before public performances of Triloban by help of the Google Inc. Internet search engine, cf. here…

Below you are enabled listen to some of the earlier Naturcello recordings, provided by / hosted at the Soundcloud portal.


Contact/booking information Ensemble Triloban / Naturcello
naturcello.de
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 31
D-04683 Naunhof
Telefon 0049 174 4613651
E-Mail Friederike Bouzayen: rike@naturcello.de

Have a nice day! Be well!

Postscriptum: See also here (on the 2023 forest concert).


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West- and East-African Percussion Workshop with Djembéfola Alpha Oulare (Leipzig / Guinea) and Arba Manillah (Chemnitz / Tanzania) opening the 3rd Chemnitz Africa Festival on November, 15th, 2024

This sounds promising :
»Who would like to be part of the Africa Festival with warm drum vibes on November 16, 2024? Then come to the drum workshop on November 15, 2024. Here you will learn a drum performance that will be presented at the festival the next day. With musicians and music teachers for traditional West and East African percussion music and dance, you will learn from the professionals. Register at kmccev@gmail.com. — Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, November 15, 2024, 5 p.m.«

»For all music enthusiasts, near and far: West/East African percussion workshop with the master drummer and music teacher Djembéfola Alpha Oulare (Institut Sunjata de famille Oulare Leipzig / Guinea Conakry) and with Arba Manillah (Kuykaye Moto Culture Center, Chemnitz / Tanzania) -> Let the drum speak! Traditional rhythms of the Malinke, Suso and Fula and East Africa! … November 15, 2024 5:00 p.m. at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Fraunhoferstraße 60. It’s worth taking part!«

Host of this event will be the Kukaye Moto Culture Center Chemnitz (K.M.C.C.), venue the Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Fraunhoferstraße 60. All intended participants of this workshop should register according to the contact data from the Kukaye Moto website, by electronic mail or phonecall/messenger to Chemnitz.

Above: Arba Manillah on the cultural scene in Chemnitz, Capital of Culture 2025 (clip from 2022)…

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