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Alpha Oulare & Sugé: concerts, marriage, birth and namesgiving ceremonies, cultural events, festival participation, contact information 2024ff. — update in german/english/french language…

(pardon us overseen mistypings and other unwanted errors, please)

International Application for Festival and Concert participation

[To the organizers of international music festivals and concerts, this unsolicited application from]

Djembéfola Alpha Oulare et al. Ensemble (concert + percussion workshops)

Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

on behalf of Mr. Alpha Oulare, Djembéfola born 1970 in Guinea Conakry (trained in the national ballet and by important artists of this country) resident in Leipzig, since the 1990-s member of several ensembles for traditional West African music such as La Fôret sacrée, Konkobá, Sugé, Rootsmanding (the latter was founded by Mister Sam Jarju; any of these ensembles can be engaged by Mr. Oulare for a concert tour to your venue), music teacher for Djembé and other African percussion instruments, traditional rhythms of the Malinke, Suso and Fula (lessons for adults as well as children and young people) as well as West African dance, as well as dealer for musical instruments from Guinea and music supplies, I ask you kindly for information about:

  • the date of your upcoming festival, when it is announced we eagerly await,
  • as well as possibilities and conditions for Mr. Alpha Oulare to be able to participate in the musical programme:
    a) with one of his ensembles, or
    b) as a workshop leader or as an individual artist.

These are the contact details for Mister Oulare in Leipzig: 

We would be happy to send you detailed artist information in text, image and sound/video samples electronically by e-mail or by post to an address that you can provide for your examination and later possible advance notice in the event program – please let us know your requirements directly!

With thanks for your reply and best wishes for you, your families, friends, acquaintances

Leipzig  Alpha Oulare

[Automatic translation from German using Google Inc. Translator]

— Attachment: printable .pdf version, 10-18-2022 —

 
«Le Djembé, il va te faire souffrir, mais il peut te donner la voie de mieux connaître la nature…»
«Apprendre le Djembé m’a fait souffrir beaucoup, mais aujourd’hui je remercie Dieu, parce que c’est par le Djembé que je suis devenu connu en Afrique et en Europe.»
«Il faut jouer au Djembé tous les jours pour avoir un nouvel esprit.»
«Quand je dors, le Djembé est dans mes rêves, dans mon sang, je ne peux pas y renoncer jusqu‘à la fin de ma vie.» (A.O.)
 


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Current Course Dates (Djembé and Afro-Dance) and Announcements // Contact form to make an appointment for Course Attendance or other Meeting // Contact by Phone

Still under construction. Here an orientation on weekly courses and on concert, festival and other dates (entries that might become added, changed or deleted):

Read also the announcements for the January-2023 three-day-workshop (80€ fee for all three days incl. each West African snack/food), children’s percussion courses (10€ fee per one-hour-lesson), weekly percussion courses (20€ fee° per two-hour-lesson) in general (with information on the location), offers of musical instruments (appointments can be made to visit and test-play these instruments from Guinea individually at place, so for help missions in tuning and repairing instruments — ask on the costs), finally the announcement for the 2023 Study Travel to Guinea Conakry / Isle of Roume — many thanks also if/for forwarding information about these offers to your friends and musical colleagues!

(° Note: a first introductory lesson shall be free for first-time students.)

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Send a Message to Mister Alpha Oulare in these issues? Ask your questions or make an appointment by e-mail:

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You may also phone-call Mister Oulare by phone at regular daytime or contact him by help of the Facebook and WhatsApp messengers.


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Personal Requests

Who is willing to support Alpha Oulare in this:


FROM 80 EURO-CENTS ON: Please support the artist and Djembefolá by purchasing his Music as a digital copy from the provider BandCamp. You can also freely choose the amount of your recognition up there…

He is also THANKFUL for providing music/recording equipment (multitrack recorders, field recorders, instrument and vocal microphones, converters, effects and much more) for his music, extensive albums with new compositions that are to be recorded soon … (Calls, also for performances by his ensemble, musical trips to Guinea as a drum and dance course in February / Autumn 2023, interviews, sound and video recordings, photography, advice, construction and sale of West African musical instruments, editing … to his cellphone / WhatsApp are during the day possible and even desirable.)

OVERALL please notify that this (!) to be a public request for help and collaboration, administrative and aid and knowledge transfer, so by NGOs, religious / humanitarian communities in world – positive, peaceful exchange.

[Google Inc. Translate? / Übersetzen? ]

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E-Mail-Telegram to Mister Alpha Oulare in these affairs

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