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CONTACT:West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts\; https://www.eventbri
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 ecessary\, learn to play African instruments including the balafon\, djemb
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 ician family (Sambla people) in Burkina Faso (West Africa)\, with a long t
 radition of practising the profession of story telling and music making. A
 t the age of 5 he started his professional training with his father Penegu
 e Diabate\, who in his days was considered the best balafon player far bey
 ond the bordes of the sambla culture. At 8 he began with his apprenticeshi
 p years with renowned balafonists of neighboring peoples. In 1988 and 1998
  he won the first prize of the “National Culture Week” of Burkina Faso. He
  currently lives in Austria. With his group Percussion Mania he won the Au
 strian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix of the “Triangle du Bal
 afon” Competition in Mali (2012). For his virtuosity\, he was there also h
 onored with the “Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité”. <a title='https://w
 ww.mamadoudiabate.com/' href='https://www.mamadoudiabate.com/' target='_bl
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 829431'>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/african-ensemble-with-mamadou-diabate
 -tickets-1980039829431</a>.</p>
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LOCATION:Claremont Creative Center @ 56 Opera House Square\, Claremont\, NH
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SUMMARY:African Ensemble with Mamadou Diabaté
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