music performance
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Musical Collaborations: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal
Mandinka kora music is among my favorite sound worlds. The kora is a 21-string harp-lute traditionally played by oral historians in many parts of West Africa. I travelled to Mali (home to many Mandinka people) in 2002 to learn to play the kora. Though I didn’t get all that far in three weeks, I learned… Continue reading
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On Shivkumar Sharma
One of my favorite musicians is North Indian santoor player Shivkumar Sharma.* The santoor is a 72-string box zither of Persian origins. Here is a painting of Iranian women playing the santoor’s predecessor, the santur, circa 1669: Sharma was the first musician to use the instrument in North Indian classical music, giving his first performance in 1955. One plays… Continue reading
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