{"id":66140,"date":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/malis-toumani-diabate-symmetric-orchestra-to-perform-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","slug":"malis-toumani-diabate-symmetric-orchestra-to-perform-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/01\/malis-toumani-diabate-symmetric-orchestra-to-perform-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali\u2019s Toumani Diabat\u00e9 & Symmetric Orchestra to perform at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013January 9, 2008\u2014As part of a national tour, Toumani Diabat\u00e9, one of Africa\u2019s most gifted musicians will perform with the Symmetric Orchestra at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. The concert, free and open to the public, is part of Pangaea: The 溏心vlog免费B站 Roots Music Series. The performance will be held in Edwards Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road, Kingston campus. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n\tDiabat\u00e9 began playing the kora, a 21-string harp unique to West Africa, when he was 5 and debuted solo when he was 13 in Mali\u2019s 1978 biannual music showcase, the proving ground for young traditional players. He is considered a virtuoso and a guardian of a classical tradition dating back 700 years. More than any other kora player, Diabat\u00e9 is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world. <\/p>\n


\n\tHe is known both for his peerless rendering of traditional material and for his genre-bending collaborations. He won a Grammy for his collaboration with the late guitar genius Ali Farka Toure. <\/p>\n


\n\tDiabat\u00e9\u2019s newest album, his first solo album in 20 years, will be released Feb. 25. The Mand\u00e9 Variations is being promoted as \u201cthe definitive statement on where the kora is today\u201d and \u201cas one of the most beautiful and melodically accessible albums.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tDiabat\u00e9 recorded his first solo album, Kaira, in a London studio in 1986 in one afternoon without retakes. It remains a bestseller and one of the finest albums of kora music to date.<\/p>\n


\n\tOther albums followed, including Songhai, a collaboration with Spain\u2019s flamenco-fusion band Ketama, which blends serene Mali oral traditions with the heat of flamenco.<\/p>\n


\n\tHis collaboration with the 52-piece Japanese\/Malian Symmetric Orchestra, Shake the World, in 1992 confirmed his reputation as a maverick. <\/p>\n


\n\tHe is touring with the Symmetric Orchestra, a big Malian dance band, and has collaborated with them in an earlier album Boulevard de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance. The 10-member band will sing and play traditional and modern instruments on the 溏心vlog免费B站 stage. <\/p>\n


\n\tPangaea is sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Housing and Residential Education. This year marks Pangaea\u2019s 10th university and this performance marks its 50th act. The series has evolved from offering music festivals with local talent to sponsoring one performance by a performer known worldwide. For more information about the event call, 401-874-5162. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013January 9, 2008\u2014As part of a national tour, Toumani Diabat\u00e9, one of Africa\u2019s most gifted musicians will perform with the Symmetric Orchestra at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. The concert, free and open to the public, is part of Pangaea: The 溏心vlog免费B站 Roots Music Series. The performance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}