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Artist
Ye Lassina Coulybaly
4+ albums
percussiondjembewest africandrummingburkina faso
about
In tune with the world, Yé Lassina Coulibaly’s compositions demonstrate a surprising timeliness. A creator above everything else, curious and attentive to the most contemporary musical forms, Yé Lassina has been reinventing African music through his encounters with western musicians and his audacious artistic experiments. His compositions are like bridges spanning the divide, reaching out to others, toward the future. His quest is to create a music that best reflects the melodies of traditional West African instruments. In his musical explorations Yé Lassina regularly returns to Africa to work with some of the best instrumentalists of Mali and Burkina-Faso. He has also collaborated with professional Mandingo musicians in Europe. The enthusiasm with which these talented musicians have invested themselves in their work has helped Yé Lassina to produce a string of exciting concerts and albums : five records distributed by Universal Melody, World Music, Five Planets, as well as honors such as « Le Grand Maître “hats off” award from the Charles Cros Academy. Yé Lassina is currently pursuing his career in Europe and continues his musical and choreographic research as composer and artistic director of the YAN KADI FADO group where he has been a djembé soloist since 1985. Directeur artistique, auteur compositeur, chargé de diffusion, YE LASSINA COULIBALY , a réalisé 9 albums en tant que auteur-compositeur, avec différentes maisons de production: Buda Musique, Cinq Planètes, Radio-Fra
