Famoudou Konaté

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Famoudou Konaté at a drum workshop in Vancouver
Famoudou Konaté in Gambia 1995

Famoudou Konaté (* 1940 in Sangbaralla , Kouroussa Prefecture ) is a Djembé player from Guinea .

Konaté comes from the Malinké people . As an eight-year-old, he already played the djembé cup drum at festivals in his home region. From 1959 to 1985 he was the first djembé soloist in the state-owned ensemble Les Ballets Africains de la République de Guinée, which performs worldwide .

Since 1986 Konaté has taught and performed in West Africa, Europe, Japan, China, Taiwan, Israel, North America and Brazil and passed on his knowledge of the traditional rhythms and dances of his homeland. In 1991, a documentation of his music on the CD Rhythms of the Malinké was created for the ethnomusicology department of the Berlin Museum of Ethnology (today the Ethnological Museum ) . In 1996 he became an honorary professor for didactics of African music practice at the Berlin University of the Arts (now the University of the Arts ). On the CDs that have been released since then, Konaté has published a large number of rhythms and songs from his native culture in exemplary recordings.

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Discography

  • Rhythms of Malinké , 1991 (Museum Collection Berlin CD 18, Department of Ethnic Music, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin)
  • Guinée: Percussions et Chants Malinké , 1998 (Musique du Monde, Buda Musique)
  • Hamana Föli Kan , 2001 (Buda Musique)
  • Guinée: Percussions et Chants Malinké - Volume 2 , 2003 (Musique die Monde, Buda Musique)
  • Hamana Mandenkönö , 2004 (TARIKUmusique Famoudou Konaté)
  • Hamana Namun , 2008 (TARIKUmusique Famoudou Konaté CD TAR 02)
  • Hamana Kundö , 2012 (TARIKumusique Famoudou Konaté CD TAR 03)
  • Koria Den , 2016 (Billy Konaté)

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