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( c e l l o ) , A n d r é F i s c h e r ( g u i t a r ) , R u t h W a l l ( h a r p s ) , G r a h a m F i t k i n ( e l e c t r o n i c s ) , T u n d e
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u n i q u e v e n u e s o n V a l e n t i a I s l a n d .
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u n i q u e v e n u e s o n V a l e n t i a I s l a n d . A s e v e r t h a n k y o u t o o u r s u p p o r t e r s , v e n u e s , v o l u n t e e r s a n d a u d i e n c e i n m a k i n g t h i s F e s t i v a l e x i s t i n s u c h a m a g i c a l p l a c e .
M a r y D u l l e a A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r
TESTIMONY: LATE NIGHT SOLOS
Saturday, 17 AUGUST 2024 | 9.30pm at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knightstown with Tunde Jegede kora & cello
EVENT OVERVIEW
Testimony is a solo concert, by Tunde Jegede, of African Classical Music, on kora and cello, that traces a musical journey from Mali and Nigeria to its repercussions in the African Diaspora. It is an intimate and personal reflection on African and Western classical traditions drawing influences from two musical worlds. From the baroque to medieval Mali, Tunde Jegede is an artist invariably steeped in both these worlds. This concert will include the following musical items, curated by Tunde:
Still Moment
By the Will Fountain of a People's Hope Cycle of Reckoning
Songs of the Eternal Three Mandé Songs The Elements
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Full biographies are available on the website
TUNDE JEGEDE KORA & CELLO
World-renowned composer, producer, cellist and kora virtuoso Tunde Jegede brings a new vision to contemporary African and Western classical music. A renaissance man of the harp-lute with over twenty years’ experience, his work is a unique synthesis of classical, jazz and traditional music and embodies the legacy of the idiom; African Classical Music.
Tunde Jegede’s work has changed the face of classical and contemporary music in Europe and Africa. He is one of the only composers in the world to be steeped in both Western and African music who is rooted in two cultural musical legacies. Tunde Jegede studied both Western classical music and the Griot Tradition of West Africa from a very early age, attending the Purcell School of Music in London and learning from a Master of the Kora in the Gambia, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh.
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SUNDAY, 18 AUGUST 2024
Lunchtime with Harps & Strings Concert
Finale: Four Seasons on Valentia Concert
1.00pm | Church of St. Dorarca and St. Teresa, Chapeltown
7.30pm | Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knightstown
To find out more about our 2024 events, please visit chambermusiconvalentia.com/our-2024-festival or call +353 (83) 096 5977
GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT
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c o n t r i b u t i o n s W e a c k n o w l e d g e t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f A r t s C o u n c i l I r e l a n d / A n
C h o m h a i r l e E a l a í o n , R T É S u p p o r t i n g t h e A r t s , K e r r y C o u n t y C o u n c i l /
C o m h a i r l e C o n t a e C h i a r r a í , F e x c o , M u s i c G e n e r a t i o n K e r r y , E m b a s s y o f
S w i t z e r l a n d i n I r e l a n d , a n d S w i s s A r t s C o u n c i l .
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OUR PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
OUR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
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