Rele Ountò, The 2015 Frisner Augustin Memorial Drum Festival

© Kesler Pierre
Genre : Festival | New York

Friday 26 june 2015

Times : 00:00
Principal country concerned : Column : Music
United States

Now in its second year! The festival takes place at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn, an elegant state-of-the-art concert hall dedicated to the celebration of music. The annual event, which aims to showcase the best of Haiti's contemporary drummers and remember those from the past, realizes one of Maestro Augustin's long-held dreams. Makandal presented the first annual festival on June 21, 2014.



This year: featuring Sanba Kebyesou, Fanmi Asotò, Rara Solojha, The Makandal Drummers with Taïna Ligonde, and a new video short about the legendary Ti Roro.

Information / Venue


8hPM




People

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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