SABABU Festival with Mamadou Diabaté

Concertfestival

18. - 20.04.2024, 20:30
Porgy & Bess, Riemergasse 11, 1010 Wien

Mamadou Diabaté, the internationally renowned Vienna-based master of the balafon, is the focus of a concert festival taking place at Porgy & Bess (Vienna) from April 18-21, 2024.
A number of top musicians from West Africa (Burkina Faso, Senegal) and the African diaspora (USA, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Italy) will perform together with colleagues from Austria in a European hotspot for jazz and world music. This event also features two social and inclusive projects: Beat the Silence and Sababu.

Program
18.4.2024: Yukah feat. Insingizi / Congarilla
19.4.2024: Mind Mallets / Puschnig & Sass & Diabaté / Marema
20.4.2024: Kadi de Begera / Bil Aka Kora / Percussion Mania

21.4.2024, 11 am: KinderMusikGruppe „Ein Waldwicht fliegt in den Oman“ / Workshops / Kinderkonzert

Mamadou Diabaté
Comes from a traditional family of musicians from Burkina Faso/West Africa. Today he lives and works in Vienna. He composes, sings and plays the balafon and various rhythm instruments. His concert tours have taken him to numerous countries and renowned festivals. After 13 albums and countless concerts, he has become an integral part of the world music scene. He has received numerous awards, including the Austrian World Music Award, the Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité, the Grand Prix des Triangle du Balafon in Mali and as the best international musician in Burkina Faso.
www.mamadoudiabate.com   

Sababu Festival im Porgy & Bess
Music opens doors, builds bridges, crosses borders. This is how the master of "speaking the balafon" felt when he arrived in Vienna 25 years ago: Music offered him the chance to find happiness in Austria. Many of his friendships are based on what music opens up to us - a bond that is independent of origin, culture or skin color. Musical diversity is the order of the day at the Sababu Festival: jazz, world music, pop improvisation, a cappella, percussion and lots of rhythm await the audience. Each band also performs with host Mamadou Diabaté.
www.porgy.at

Beat the Silence
Concerts can also be a sensory experience for people with hearing impairments! An inductive hearing system will be installed at Porgy & Bess for the entire duration of the festival and some events will also be held in Austrian sign language.
www.beat-the-silence.at

Sababu
(Bambara, West African language) means opportunity and happiness. And this is also the name of the school in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, which Mamadou Diabaté founded in 2009 and which offers free education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
www.sababu.info