非洲欧洲的竖琴 对话 - Catrin Finch ，Seckou Keita

喜欢Seckou Keita 说的这段话：

音乐里的一切必须是诚实的，歌曲是深沉的， 旋律不能失传 要保护。 音乐合作很重要，古巴音乐， 印度音乐和还有kora（21弦的西非竖琴）， 不论（后来）怎么改编，其传统韵律和特色都没有失真。 （因为音乐是诚实的，歌曲是深沉的）"

Seckou Keita 来自塞内加尔，非洲竖琴演奏家和击鼓手 他从小目睹经历战争的苦难 音乐朴素诚实， 就像非洲森林里的歌声， 他 与世界各地音乐家合作，并去学校和 音乐节上展示 kora ， 将50%的唱片收入献给 红十字会

 Catrin Anna Finch 著名的威尔士竖琴家， 被誉为当代竖琴女王

Catrin Anna Finch (born 1980) is a Welsh harpist, arranger and composer. She was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004^[1] and is Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. Finch has given many recitals at different venues throughout the world.
She was  appointed official harpist to the Prince of Wales, an office unfilled since the reign of Queen Victoria.^[1]
 

Seckou Keita (born 14 February 1978) is a kora player and drummer from Senegal.^[1] He is a charismatic live performer and one of the few champions of the less-known and rhythmically rocking kora repertoire from Casamance in southern Senegal.

Keita was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Through his father he is a descendant of the Malian Keita family of kings and his mother's family, the Cissokhos, are a griot family (hereditary musicians).^[2] He launched his international career in 1996 under the guidance of his uncle Solo Cissokho with appearances at Norway's Forde Festival in a successful collaboration with Cuban, Indian and Scandinavian musicians.^[2] In the years that followed, Keita relocated to the United Kingdom, while touring regularly in Spain, France, Portugal, Greece and Czech Republic as well as playing at such prestigious festivals as WOMAD and Glastonbury, both as a solo musician, and in collaboration with acclaimed figures like Indian violinist Dr. L. Subrimaniam.

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"Everything in music has to be honest, and the deeper meanings of the songs and melodies must be preserved ", he explains. "This is why it’s important that collaborations should be right for the music, and there are connections between, say, Cuban and Indian sounds and the repertoire of the kora that can be explored without losing the distinct flavours of the different traditions and styles.
 

(for more see wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seckou_Keita)

The kora is a 21-string bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.^[1]