The great female voice of Africa, Oumou Sangare will be honored tonight in La Mar de Musicas.
You receive the first prize of the festival, which is provided in addition to his artistic work for his passionate defense in international forums the rights of African women. Africa's diva act after receiving the award, along with Jan Garbarek and Trilok Gurtu to 22 hours in the Auditorium The Batel, in a joint Africa-Asia-Europe.
It will be the premiere and only concert in Spain.
Tickets are 18 and 15 euros.
Sangaré act with the Indian Trilok Gurtu, considered one of the best drummers in the world, has always been known for his open mind to new ways of fusing different musical styles, from his tradition and Indian classical training as a musician.
It started with John McLaughlin in whose trio was a soloist for four years, then worked with other greats like Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans, Pharaoh Sanders and Dave Holland, all attracted by its excellent sense of rhythm.
Trained in classical music of India, his collaborations also include great masters of Indian tradition as Shobha Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, L.
Shankar, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, The Misra Brothers and Sultan Khan.
Within the so-called world music, Trilok has developed its own style and with great success, collaborating and performing with Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Neneh Cherry, Omara Portuondo, among others.
Moreover, this inexhaustible creator, whatever with two guests high-rise: Oumou Sangare and Jan Garbarek. From the hand of the king of the table we go into this feast for the senses, a mosaic of ragas, jazz and African hues, in which assist the queen of African music and that is certainly one of the best saxophonists in the history of music.
CONCERT IN THE CITY HALL PLAZA
Fatoumata Diawara also act this afternoon.
The appointment will be at 20 am in Town Hall.
His voice is heard on albums by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock, Oumou Sangare, Poly-rythm, Cheikh LÃ 'or Afrocubism.
Now this 29 year old Malian who lives in Paris, and writes and arranges his songs, has a first recording itself with the imprint of Wassoulou music and influences of soul, funk and jazz.
Fatoumata was ten years old when he decided he did not want to go to school.
His parents, who lived in Ivory Coast, where she was born, was sent to Bamako, home of an aunt.
They did not consider that they had sent her little to live with the only person in the family linked to the theater: his aunt was an actress.
Taafe fangan director (The power of women) thought that child might well be one of the characters in his film.
So Fatoumata debuted in the cinema.
His adoptive family would not let her go with a French theater company, but she was gone.
With Royale de Luxe halfway around the world.
Believes that the voice is the only instrument that can not lie.
With the jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater first came on tour.
In September 2011 he released his first album with the prestigious label World Circuit Records (Buena Vista Social Club, Ali Farka Toure).
Not coincidentally, have backed her case of a legitimate heir to an evolving culture, from African rhythms from Mali to the most intimate melodies and acoustic sounds.
Multifaceted artist, actress, dancer, singer and songwriter, was Oumou Sangare and backup singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
A sonic trip to West Africa where Diawara puts a long and proven experience despite his youth.
He has collaborated with Damon Albarn, Flea and Tony Allen on a project to Honest Jones Records.
SESIA "DJ OF THE BATEL
At midnight start on the esplanade of El Batel Dj session with Cinnamoon.
Cinnamoon is an approach to the universe audio-visual recording of popular music in Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew.
The sessions pay special tribute to icons such as post-industrial proletariat cassette or VCD, and takes from the seventies psychedelia reminiscent of Turkey, Iran, Lebanon and Israel to the sleek electro-pop currently produced in cities like Istanbul, Beirut, Cairo, Tehran or Tel Aviv.
But above all are recreated with the dance hit most emotional, energetic or delusional singers interpreted by Muslims, Christians, Jews and Gentiles in the wedding celebrations of the regions historically known as Persia, Anatolia, Upper Mesopotamia and Canaan.
à ‰ ste is a project developed by the Cartagena Manuel Sanchez, who after passing through Fine Arts has visited the Middle East twice.
His work also has been gathering possible through some of the many processes of contemporary diaspora as Kurdish and Palestinian communities in Berlin, Iranian or Los Angeles.
Recently it has been programmed into some of the places of worship most elite underground in Belgium and the Netherlands, and in the neighborhood verbena Basin Bass Knobs.
In addition to editing your own website, prepared some informative work on more detailed aspects of your file, so the Swiss magazine Norient and incipient Sham Palace Californian label.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena