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Rita Silva & Mbye Ebrima
Event by: Teatro do Bairro Alto
Location: TBA - Teatro do Bairro Alto, Rua Tenente Raul Cascais 1 A, Lisboa
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7 November
Thursday 7:30 pm
Main Room
(concert)
RITA SILVA & MBYE EBRIMA
The recently formed duo which brings together Rita Silva and Mbye Ebrima presents new music at TBA resulting from the intersection of distinct practices, supported by modular thinking that intertwines repetition and melodic variation coming from the traditions of Western minimalism and West African oral systems.
Rita Silva is a composer and instrumentalist, who recently studied at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, in the Netherlands. Using improvisation with modular synthesizers and generative programming techniques, she investigates the exploration of recursive melodic patterns and their psychoacoustic implications, evoking the work of pioneers such as Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Delia Derbyshire.
Mbye Ebrima is a jali: master of music and words, connoisseur and promoter of Mandinka-kaabunké history, singer and kora player. Born in Gambia in 1988, into a family of artists, he inherited the musical tradition of his father, Alagi Mbye, also a kora player, and his mother, Jabou Susso, a jalimuso dedicated to singing. Resident in Lisbon since 2015, he is already an active and indispensable figure on the local scene, having collaborated with names such as Selma Uamusse, Moullinex and Kimi Djabaté.
Synthesizers and electronics
Rita Silva
Kora, Calabash and voice
Mbye Ebrima
Rita Silva and Mbye Ebrima have been exploring new sounds through the intersection of distinct practices supported by a modular approach that intertwines repetition and melodic variation from the traditions of Western minimalism and West African oral systems.
Rita Silva is a composer and instrumentalist working with modular synthesizers and generative programming techniques to explore recursive melodic patterns and their psychoacoustic implications. Mbye Ebrima is a Jali: a master of music and words, a singer and kora player knowledgeable about and a promoter of Mandinga-Kaabunké history.
12 Eur. (integrated into the Culture Pass only available at the TBA Box Office)
Duration 60 min.
Over 6s
Thursday 7:30 pm
Main Room
(concert)
RITA SILVA & MBYE EBRIMA
The recently formed duo which brings together Rita Silva and Mbye Ebrima presents new music at TBA resulting from the intersection of distinct practices, supported by modular thinking that intertwines repetition and melodic variation coming from the traditions of Western minimalism and West African oral systems.
Rita Silva is a composer and instrumentalist, who recently studied at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, in the Netherlands. Using improvisation with modular synthesizers and generative programming techniques, she investigates the exploration of recursive melodic patterns and their psychoacoustic implications, evoking the work of pioneers such as Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Delia Derbyshire.
Mbye Ebrima is a jali: master of music and words, connoisseur and promoter of Mandinka-kaabunké history, singer and kora player. Born in Gambia in 1988, into a family of artists, he inherited the musical tradition of his father, Alagi Mbye, also a kora player, and his mother, Jabou Susso, a jalimuso dedicated to singing. Resident in Lisbon since 2015, he is already an active and indispensable figure on the local scene, having collaborated with names such as Selma Uamusse, Moullinex and Kimi Djabaté.
Synthesizers and electronics
Rita Silva
Kora, Calabash and voice
Mbye Ebrima
Rita Silva and Mbye Ebrima have been exploring new sounds through the intersection of distinct practices supported by a modular approach that intertwines repetition and melodic variation from the traditions of Western minimalism and West African oral systems.
Rita Silva is a composer and instrumentalist working with modular synthesizers and generative programming techniques to explore recursive melodic patterns and their psychoacoustic implications. Mbye Ebrima is a Jali: a master of music and words, a singer and kora player knowledgeable about and a promoter of Mandinga-Kaabunké history.
12 Eur. (integrated into the Culture Pass only available at the TBA Box Office)
Duration 60 min.
Over 6s