Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania 'Seengwa' (BF/A)

Concert

02.04.22, 20:30
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Riemergasse 11, 1010 Vienna

 

With SEENGWA - a special collaboration album has been created during the pandemic. The project combines jazz, classical and traditional West African and modern music and is a clear statement to the world that the cultural scene is alive.

Mamadou Diabate was born into a traditional musical family in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Today he lives and works in Vienna. He composes, sings and plays the balafon as well as various rhythm instruments. His concert tours have taken him to numerous countries and renowned festivals. After 13 released albums and countless concerts, it is hard to imagine the world music scene without him.

With his group Percussion Mania he won the Austrian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix des Triangle du Balafon in Mali (2012). He was also awarded the Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité there for his virtuosity.

Mamadou & Yacouba provide the foundation for this traditional yet modern rhythmic journey. From the first note, the listener is taken into African spheres, which are determined by wonderful melodies and beautiful polyphonic singing as well as by complex and powerful rhythmic interweavings.