L’Ensemble Instrumental National
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Established the day after the Independence of Mali
in 1961, l’Ensemble instrumental national is an orchestra of traditional Mali
an music and song.
Its mission is to maintain and give value to the heritage of Malian forms of music and song.
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
in 1961, l’Ensemble instrumental national is an orchestra of traditional Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
an music and song.
Its mission is to maintain and give value to the heritage of Malian forms of music and song.
Repertoire
- Duga : (Hymn of bravery)
- Maliba : (Glory to Mali)
- Mamaya
- Soweto (a memory of Soweto)
- Sogo : (hymn for the hunters, symbols of honesty and bravery)
- Soundiata : (Mandingue Epic)
- Dâ Monzon : (Bambaran Epic)
- Sosso : (to encourage joy, happiness, and love)
- Taara : (homage to bravery)
- Sécurité : (homage to the army)
- Janjo : (homage to bravery)
- Musolu : (homage to women)
- Cedo : (homage to bravery)
- Bamba Niaré : Jatigiya (Hospitality)
Tours
- 1961 : Artistic tour in USSR
- 1964 : Animation Salon International de POCORA/Pris (France)
- 1964 : Festival des Arts Nègres à Dakar (Sénégal)
- 1977 : Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres (FESTAC.77)
- 1978 : Algeria
- 1979 : Festival in Guinea (Conakry)
- 1979 : France, Germany, Switzerland, and Holland
- 1980 : Niger
- 1983 : China, Korea, and USSR
- 1986 : Korea
- 1987 : Festival in Libya
- 1996 : Festival Republic of Congo-Brazzaville (FESPAM)
- 1997 : New Orleans Jazz Festival (USA) and performance in New York
- 1999 : 4th Annual « Roots Festival à Banjul » (Gambia)
- 2000 : Malian Fair in Paris
- 2000 : CAN at Accra (Ghana)
- 2001 : Faire at the Gallery Fayette-Paris
- 2002 : Dakar (Sénégal)
- 2003 : Night of solidarity and intégration (Ouagadougou)
- 2003 : Folklife Festival in Washington DC
Prizes
- 1963 : Medal for the Folklore of National Theater at Paris.
- 1966 : Gold medal (first prize) at the Festival of Black Arts at Dakar
- 1969 : Gold medal (first prize) at the Pan-African Arts Festival in Algier (Algeria)
- 1995 : Gold medal of Melody at Johannesburg (Fair Afro-Arabe)
Instruments
- KoraKora (instrument)The kora is a 21-string bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.-Description:A kora is built from a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator, and has a notched bridge. It does not fit well into any one category of western instruments and would have to be...
- BalafonBalafonThe balafon is a resonated frame, wooden keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa; part of the idiophone family of tuned percussion instruments that includes the xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, and the vibraphone...
- Flute
- N’Goni
- N’Polon
- Kamalen N’Goni
- DundunDundunDundun may refer to;*The Yoruba talking drum*Dunun, dundun, doundoun or djun-djun, a family of West African bass drums* Dunedin, the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand...
- SokuSokuA soku is a traditional West African instrument used in a type of music called Wassoulou which originated in the Wasulu region of southwest Mali. It is a traditional fiddle, sometimes replaced by modernized versions of the instrument. Known as the n'diaraka or njarka in Songhai, it is composed of...
- DjembéDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....