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Oumou Sangaré at the London Jazz Festival

Lopa Kothari is at the EFG London Jazz Festival for a special collaboration between Grammy award-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Lopa Kothari is at the EFG London Jazz Festival for a special collaboration between Grammy award-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Sangaré, affectionately known as 'The Songbird of Wassoulou' (a cultural region in West African where Mali, Ivory Coast and Guinea meet) developed her craft as a child, singing alongside her mother at weddings and local celebrations in the capital Bamako. A committed musical campaigner for women's rights, she blasted onto the international stage at the tender age of twenty-one with the release of her album Moussoulou, 'Women'. Several records later - her most recent being her ninth studio album, Timbuktu - she continues to blend socially-engaged subject matter with a gift for soaring melodies.

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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Derya Türkan

    Lamentos (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Derya Türkan. Performer: Basel Rajoub. Performer: Feras Charestan. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Lamentos (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Kyriakos Kalaitzidis

    The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Kyriakos Kalaitzidis. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Music Arranger: Callum Au.
    • The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Saa Magni (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Saa Magni (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Mali Niale (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Mali Niale (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Mogoya (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Mogoya (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Donso (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Donso (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Sarama (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Sarama (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Yala (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Yala (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).

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  • Sat 29 Nov 202521:30

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