Malian star to perform @ Alliance Française

Malian balafon whizz kid Lansiné Kouyaté and the French vibraphone virtuoso, David Neerman, will on Saturday November 16, rock the Alliance Française in Accra with a magnetic concert.

A dramatic collaboration, this unique musical experience is based on a dialogue between these two cousin instruments which significantly provide an opportunity for creative explorations in rhythm and melody.

Kouyate performed and toured with Salif Keita for many years. Indeed, he has equally played with several stars including Mory Kanté, Baaba Maal, Moriba Koita, Manu Dibango, Positive Black Soul, Sekouba Bambino, Hank Jones, Jean-Jacques Avenel and Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Besides this vast musical career as balafonist of international repute, Kouyaté has always devoted his time to develop music projects with colleagues. Since 2005 he has been playing with Neerman in diverse venues in Europe.

Following various concerts in the Parisian suburbs, they eventually recorded their first CD, named after his native village ‘Kangaba’, which was released in September 2008.

Institut Français (Ghana) and the Alliance Francaise (Accra) are sponsoring the concert, which will feature compositions by David Aknin and Antoine Simone.