Sokou !, un album qui réunit le violon du Français Clément Janinet et le sokou du Malien Adama Sidibé, vient de paraître. Au croisement des musiques peules d'Afrique de l'Ouest et des musiques répétitives occidentales, les deux musiciens marient leurs instruments avec inventivité.
Oct 4
L'exposition «Amazônia» au Quai Branly: les autochtones ont la parole
Malgré cinq siècles de contact avec l'Amazonie, ce territoire est toujours perçu comme mystérieux, notamment par les Européens. Beaucoup imaginent à tort une immense forêt vierge peuplée d'Amérindiens, isolés du reste du monde. Un décor exotique figé, vision réductrice et même fa ... Show More
2m 38s
Oct 3
Première française pour «Satyagraha», l'opéra immersif de Philip Glass sur Gandhi
C'est l'une des œuvres les plus engagées de l'art lyrique. À la fois politique et spirituel, Satyagraha de Philip Glass s'inscrit dans un contexte de lutte contre l'apartheid en Afrique du Sud, tout en puisant son inspiration en Inde, à travers la vie de Mahatma Gandhi et sa phil ... Show More
4 m
Feb 2020
Playing to people who don't look like you with Sarathy Korwar, Damien Escobar, Fehdah and Osman Gerein
Music Life is led this week by percussionist and producer Sarathy Korwar. He was born in the US and grew up in Ahmedabad and Chennai in India, and began playing tabla at the age of 10. His album More Arriving was released last year; featuring rappers from Mumbai and New Delhi, it ... Show More
27m 38s
Jan 2022
The great Black music symposium with Angel Bat Dawid, Qur'an Shaheed, Dr Adam Zanolini and Ben LaMar Gay
Qur'an Shaheed, Dr Adam Zanolini and Ben LaMar Gay join composer, improviser, clarinetist, and pianist Angel Bat Dawid to discuss the importance of not conforming, the struggle to find money to do what you love doing, recognising what your gifts are, and the experience of being d ... Show More
31m 8s
Mar 2023
The courage to seek the unknown with Liraz, Derya Yildrim, Adrian Younge and Ladybug Mecca
Liraz, Derya Yildrim, Adrian Younge and Ladybug Mecca discuss art as propaganda, the exhaustion of performing on stage and having the courage to seek the unknown. Liraz is an Israeli-Iranian singer, musician and actress. In 2022 she released her album Roya, a collaboration betwee ... Show More
28m 24s
Apr 2022
Song separation anxiety with Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale
Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale discuss why they’re happiest when they’re hitting things, seeing every song you make as if it’s your first, the importance of renewal to stay fresh, why you can’t be emotionally detached from your music, and the evolution o ... Show More
31m 50s
Jul 2021
Giving voice to the voiceless with Ian Brennan, Alex Magaga, Van-Anh Vo and Gilbert Uwitonze
Producer Ian Brennan, Alex Magaga of the Tanzania Albinism Collective, Hanoi Masters musical director Van-Anh Vo and Rwandan folk musician Gilbert Uwitonze discuss how members of a community can intuitively start singing despite never having heard music before, accidents in the r ... Show More
29m 44s