Encounter between Africa and Western classics
Singer Angélique Kidjo sings about creation myths from Benin in her native language of Yoruba to music by minimal-composer Philip Glass. An evening that brings music styles and cultures together.
Philip Glass concluded his collaboration with Angelique Kidjo with the words: ‘Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before’.
Ifé is also the title of the evening programme surrounding this ground-breaking work in which many more musical boundaries are crossed. In Concerto Grosso, composer Errollyn Wallen, born in Belize, mixes the old and the new: from baroque to jazz and minimal. And especially for this evening, Tunde Jegede, kora player, cellist and composer with Nigerian roots, has written a new arrangement for Exile & Return for West African kora and string orchestra in which he will perform as a soloist himself.
dates
Fri June 24 8:30 PM
Prices
- default from € 25
- CJP/student € 12
language & duration
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Language no problem
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1 hour 45 minutes (met 1 pauze)