Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates presents
Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 8:30 PM
DEREK GRIPPER/ TRIO DA KALI
Malian Voices
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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This exciting 2-part program features South African guitarist Derek Gripper, who has transcribed the kora (harp-lute) music of Malian masters Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko and others for classical guitar, and Trio da Kali a group of musicians from the Mandé culture of southern Mali who come from a long line of distinguished griots (oral historians /praise singers). Derek Gripper, acknowledged for his virtuosity throughout the world, recently searched for new directions in African music and has magically conjured anew a centuries-old ancient African musical heritage. Trio da Kali is comprised of Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, daughter of the legendary Kasse Mady Diabaté and one of the finest griot voices in Mali; master balafon (xylophone) player Lassana Diabaté, formerly of Afrocubism and Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra; and bass ngoni (lute) player Mamadou Kouyaté, the eldest son of the instrument’s leading exponent, Bassekou Kouyaté, and one of Mali’s most creative musicians of the new generation.
”The result is astounding. …It’s hard to imagine a more impressive and passionate rendering of Malian music on classical guitar.” - Afropop Worldwide “The Malian supergroup…matched delicacy with speed and fluidity.”– The Guardian This concert is part of Carnegie Hall’s World Views Tickets: $39, $46 Tickets go on sale August 29 at 8 AM |
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