Here information about the master of West-African classical percussion music : biography, concerts, recordings, ensemble performances, teaching, theoretical and practical courses, musical instruments, workshops, study travels to Guinea Conakry, development and children aid projects for Guinea Conakry — Contact to Mr. Alpha Oulare! *
The Festival is being prepared by the YILP International association…
Consult the festival website blog for more information!
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Vorankündigung und Einladung für den 6., 7. und 8. Januar 2023:
Westafrika-Djembé-Percussion-Workshop
mit Herrn Meistertrommler Alpha Oulare (Leipzig / Guinea Conakry) am 6., 7. und 8. Januar 2023 (3-tägiges Wochenende, Kartenvorverkauf):
Begleitet werden wird Djembéfola Alpha Oulare durch Djembéfola Mister Shaun Gracie (Doundoun-Basstrommeln und anderes mehr).
Inhalt des Workshops (von Freitag bis Sonntag) sind Traditionelle Rhythmen der Malinke, Susu und Fula — unser Kurs richtet sich an alle interessierten Percussionistinnen und Percussionisten (fortgeschritten / neugierig / Anfängerin oder Anfänger), genreübergreifend wird er auch für andere Instrumentalistinnen / Instrumentalisten wie Musikerinnen/Musiker an sich, Komponistinnen / Komponisten informativ, lehrreich, überaus anregend und nutzbringend (!) sein. (Am Abschlusstag sollen gemeinsam zuvor erarbeitete mehrstimmige und mehrteilige neue Kompositionen erstmals erklingen.)
Ort des Workshops ist der freundlich und helle Proberaum im Hupfeld-Center, Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16.
An jedem der Tage erwartet Euch ein westafrikanisches Büffet.
Kartenvorverkauf bis Weihnachten 2022. Der Vorverkaufspreis für den 3-tägigen* Djembé-Workshop von 80 (achtzig (!)) €/Euro für 3 (drei) mal 3 1/2 Stunden Unterricht inclusive Pause und westafrikanischem Imbiss ist günstig und angemessen an der üblichen Kursgebühr bei Herrn Musiklehrer Alpha Oulare — weitere Auskunft und Kartenvorbestellung:
Telefon (tagsüber, auch für WhatsApp): 0178 56 34 016,
social-media Facebook (Nachricht/Anruf): fb.com/alpha.oulare
und (diese) Website alphaoulare.art.blog.
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As advertizement for the referenced artists and as orientation for all interested persons we allow ourselves to embed here the musical album Rhythms of the Malinke by Famoudou Konaté (1990):
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Postscriptum: Find hopefully a(nother) helpful list of federal-german Africa Festivals for 2023 w/ contact addresses for the application of musical artists, ensembles and bands HERE — this list should be maintained and updated in future among the other 1000 Drums Africa Festival web-blog pages and posts…
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pps Read the Merriam-Webster online-dictionary (an Encyclopedia Britannica company) on the term “Workshop” here
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Very final Postscriptum:
The correctly-spelled Institute name for Mister Alpha Oulare’s Musical school is to be and shall be, remain as: (Le) SUNJATA INSTITUTE (FAMILLE) DJEMBÉFOLA OULARE. Please keep in mind!
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»Rootsmanding Band
Samstag, 27. August 2022, 16.00 Uhr
Guinea etc., traditionelle Rhythmen aus Westafrika
[more info:]
Die Musiker der Rootsmandig Band stammen aus verschiedenen Ländern Westafrikas (Guinea-Conakry, Gambia, Elfenbeinküste u.a.) und bringen die traditionelle Kunst Westafrikas auf die Alafia-Bühne. Sie mischen traditionelle Percussionsrhythmen mit den Melodien der Kora, die im Zentrum ihrer Musik steht. Logisch: keine traditionelle Musik ohne Tanz. Doundoun und Djembe legen einen tollen Rhythmusteppich, zu dem neben dem Chorgesang die Klänge der Kora herrlich kontrastieren. Großes Kino.« (Festival homepage — translation)
Friday, August 26th, 2022:
4:00pm Ouverture
4:30pm Simba Ci, Zimbabwe (Singer/Songwriter) — cf. official YouTube channel
5:00pm IYASA, Zimbabwe (Dance theater, children’s cultural caravan) — cf. official YouTube channel
6:00pm Nana Yeboah’s Highlife Express, Ghana (Highlife) — cf. YouTube channel of the artist
8:00pm Abdou Day, Madagascar (Reggae) — cf. official YouTube channel
Saturday, August 27th, 2022:
12:00am Manifestation
1:00pm Simba CI (second performance)
2:00pm Abdou Day (second performance)
3:30pm IYASA (second performance)
4:00pm Rootsmanding [PS 12-29-2022: click here for video excerpt!], Guinea etc. (traditional Rhythms from West-Africa) — here they are!
6:00pm Papito Chango’s Pi a Pa, Cuba (Music of the Santeria) — cf. official YouTube channel
8:00pm Les Quatro des Bakotessa, Kongo (Soukouss etc.) — cf. YouTube search results
Sunday, August 28th, 2022:
2:00pm Abdelhafid Catruat Band, Marokko etc. (Music from North-Africa) — cf. YouTube search results
4:00pm Rama N’Goni, Burkina Faso (Songs & Rhythms from Burkina Faso) — cf. official YouTube channel
6:00pm Habyba & Band, Ghana (New Pop from Ghana) — cf. official YouTube channel
HOPEFULLY no mishappings will occur and all logistics and transportation to and from Hamburg be fine!
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The international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, annual entrance-costfree event, includes the Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums all guest may bring own instruments to. Alpha Oulare usually introduces the players.
What is this new European-African annual free festival project all about?
The Festival startet in 2019 and is supported by the Leipzig cultural office, annually to be held as inter- and sociocultural project. Please support the festival staff of the YILP International association in this!
You can find the entire recordings from 2019, at the Cultural Factory Leipzig WERK 2, here at the Festival’s public website 1000drums.yilp.de. Listen there-in!
Futuristic Interactive Community Concert 2019 as a later Sound Collage – open for experiments ?
Impressions from the first Festival in 2019 as sound collage:
or so:
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[»We thank the Internet Archive for preserving here a few recordings from our 2020 Intercultural Africa Festival 1000 Drums: a) as concert bootleg recordings from Leipzig/Germany the African music ensembles LANAYA (followed by short DJ intermission), then WONTANARÁ & madamtamtam* (all in first track) and NDUNGU KINA (second track)«.]
This an audio-feature having been broadcasted by Radio Blau in advance of the festival. The band are friends of and have been invited by Alpha Oulare himself.
All sound recordings from this festival got lost/deleted/over-written due to technical/logistical mishappening.
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INGOLSTADT / BAVARIA. On June 24th Alpha Oulare and the Rootsmanding ensemble attended once again a public concert performance at the Bavarian Africa Festival at Ingolstadt, this time accompanied by a performance of the African Acrobats. Here some photographs from that day:
The West-African Ensemble Rootsmanding are in core: Alpha Oulare – Diehi Tanguy Franck – Sam Jarju, here in Ingolstadt, June 2022
RUDOLSTADT / THURINGIA. On two days the Rootsmanding ensemble will grant public performances at the famous Rudolstadt Roots, Folk and Worldmusic Festival (July, 9th and 10th, 2022, in the evening hours). We thank Mrs. Claudia Kästner for her sympathy, support and concrete help.
Postscriptum: Alpha Oulare and the Ensemble Rootsmanding finally did not perform at Rudolstadt in this year 2022 — read here for more explanations and a review of else participating African musicians.
LEIPZIG / WEST SAXONY. We use the opportunity to advert also for the two-day International Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, on July 30th and 31st, 2022. Alpha Oulare will be present on both days, performing with the Rootsmanding ensemble and directing / introducing into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums jam session all guest are invited to bring own instruments with them for. This festival had been established in 2019 and is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig.
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Djembéfola ALPHA OULARE / L'Institut Sunjata de famille de Monsieur Djembéfola Alpha Oulare, Guinea Conakry & Leipzig Europe (official homepages — pages d'accueil officielles — offizielle Internet-Seiten, 2022–2025ff.) 
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