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FRAMED #85 Aly Keїta / Exhibition "Tennis Elbow" Rotem Rozenboim
Balafon virtuoso Aly Keïta blends African rhythm, polyphony and jazz into a vibrant, award-winning sound world. The evening is accompanied by Tennis Elbow, an exhibition by Rotem Rozenboim, presenting intense digital and painterly works where dream, media and human fragility collide.
Time & Location
06 Sept 2024, 19:30 – 07 Sept 2024, 23:30
Morphine Records, Köpenicker Straße 147 Hinterhof, 1. Etage, 10997 Berlin, Germany
About the event
MUSIC – Aly Keïta
Aly Keïta, a virtuoso of the Balafon, was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. From his youngest age, he was introduced to the instrument by his father, himself a Balafon player.
The West African musician gained worldwide recognition for his mastery of the balafon, which he has been playing since childhood, and has now made it to the side of the best: Omar Sosa, Joe Zawinul, Rhoda Scott, Paco Séry, Pharoah Sanders, Paolo Fresu, Hans Lüdemann Trio Ivoire, L. Subramaniam, Trilok Gurtu & Jan Garbarek, to name just a few.
Today, Aly Keïta lives in Berlin and connects musical worlds with impressive virtuosity. He wanders between spectacular African rhythm, polyphony and jazz elements, and combines them to create a wonderful and unique sound world – two magical hands and a thousand and one strokes.
In 2022, Aly Keïta won the German Jazz Prize in the category "Special Instruments".
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