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<\/a>Batuki Music Society <\/b>and Alliance Francaise Toronto <\/b>present Les Fr\u00e8res Cissoko<\/b> Bannaya Family<\/b>, featuring Noumoucounda, Sadio and Fa,<\/b> multi-instrumentalists, masters of kora and percussion, they are the descendants of one of the important Griot families of West Africa.<\/p>\nCultural knowledge passed on through the generations, relates the story of the first kora of the Mandingo Empire, being created by the ancestor of the Cissoko brothers. Their father, Banna Cissoko is a virtuoso kora player and member of the National Orchestra of Senegal, and mother, Fatoumata Goundo Kouyat\u00e9, is a singer immersed with the Kouyate’s own balafon tradition<\/p>\n
Noumoucounda Cissoko’s music weaves together his Griot heritage with mbalax, blues, jazz, hip-hop and rock inspired improvisations. His virtuosity and innovative approach to playing the kora earned him the titles, \u00ab\u00a0Jimmy Hendrix of the kora\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0Hip Hop Griot’. Noumoucounda, was a member of the Positive Black Soul band and worked with Youssou N’Dour, Baaba Maal, MC Solaar and Stromae, before focusing on a solo career from which he released several albums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Sadio Sissokho’s nstrument of choice, the kora, was also the specialty of his father and many of his brothers. A multi-instrumentalist, he is equally comfortable on the djembe, sabars, tama and doun-douns. Fa Kaly Cissoko is a master of West African percussion including the djembe and sabars.<\/p>\n
La l\u00e9gende raconte que la toute premi\u00e8re kora de l\u2019Empire mandingue a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e par l\u2019anc\u00eatre des fr\u00e8res Cissoko. Ces descendants, d\u2019une des grandes familles de griots ouest africaines rendent donc hommage \u00e0 la tradition dont ils sont issus en lui insufflant une bonne dose de cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9. Multi-instrumentistes ma\u00eetres de la kora et des percussions, ils jouent avec leurs instruments et leurs voix avec une dext\u00e9rit\u00e9 et un panache d\u00e9sarmants.<\/p>\n
\nSaturday February 2, 2019<\/b> <\/b><\/div>\n
\nDoors: 8 PM \/ Concert 9 PM<\/b><\/div>\n
(416) 922 – 2014 x 37<\/b><\/p>\n