Instru-Mentor
The World Makes Music: Around the Sahara – Instruments of North and East AfricaInstruments of North and East Africa
11 February 2012, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm
Glass Hall
Featuring: Abdul Aziz (France, The Antilles), Cheikh Ibrahima Fall (Senegal, Guinea), Said Tichiti (Marocco) – djembe, kora, balafone, guembri, karkabat, Mbaye Ndiaye - sabar drum, dance, János Gerzson – oud, Károly Fehér - darbuka, bendir
This season of concerts and demonstrations will introduce children to folk music from various regions of the world, and instruments most people have never seen or heard before. The balafon is a xylophone-like instrument from West Africa. It is played in the same way as the marimba or vibraphone and comprises a row of long, flat hardwood keys strung in a row across a frame. A hollowed-out calabash is positioned under each key to produce the appropriate notes. It is most often struck with sticks with padded heads.
Presented by: Palace of Arts
Prices: 1000 Ft
