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CONTEMPORALE
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Curated by Split Works
Presents: Vieux Farka Touré
“He’s a virtuoso…a fully formed talent who’ll carry the family name far into the new century.” – BBC
“Africa’s next guitar hero.” – The Guardian
The Hendrix of the Sahara.
Vieux Farka Touré plays electrifying, hypnotic desert blues. Music that is triumphantly singular in form, in genre, in style. Unlike anything else, and part of a legendary lineage of western African musicians.
It’s such an honor and pleasure to welcome Vieux for his first-ever performances in China. He’ll be part of the 2016-17 season of Contemporale, followed by a special gig in Beijing on Sunday, 15 January 2017 at Yugong Yishan.
Hearing his soaring, intricate songs live, at once invigorating and pacifying, is one of the most distinctive musical experiences available on Earth. Vieux, who speaks 8 languages, is in so many ways truly representative of music’s ability to overcome all barriers and borders.
Vieux is the son of the legendary Grammy-award winning Mali blues guitarist Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. To his father’s pioneering desert blues sound, Vieux added contemporary influences – ranging from rock’n’roll to dub – whilst staying true to his Malian roots.
Ali Farka Touré came from a historical tribe of soldiers, and defied his parents in becoming a musician. When Vieux was in his teens, he declared that he also wanted to be a musician.Vieux was initially a drummer / calabash player at Mali’s Institut National des Arts, but secretly began playing guitar in 2001. Ali Farka Touré was weakened with cancer when Vieux announced that he was going to record an album. Ali recorded a couple of tracks with him, and these recordings, which can be heard on Vieux’s debut CD, were amongst his final ones. It has been said that the senior Touré played rough mixes of these songs when people visited him in his final days, at peace with, and proud of, his son’s talent as a musician.
On Vieux’s self-titled debut album, released by World Village in 2007, he paid homage to his father and follows Ali’s musical tradition, giving new versions of the West African music that is echoed in the American blues. He also channeled his father’s activist spirit, donating part of the album’s proceeds towards programs for eradicating malaria.
On his second record, Fondo (2009), Vieux branched out and presented his own sound: using elements of rock, Latin music, and other African influences. The album received a great deal of critical acclaim from across the globe, and Vieux was clearly moving out of his father’s shadow. In 2013, his beautiful and critically acclaimed latest solo album Mon Pays was released as an homage to his homeland. His native Mali recently splintered by territorial fighting between Tuareg and Islamic rebels, Mon Pays was devoted to reminding the world about the beauty and culture of his homeland.
Vieux has since toured around the world, and collaborated with some of music’s biggest names. This will be his first time in China.
CONTEMPORALE Presents: Vieux Farka Touré
[Shanghai]
Date: January 13, 2017 Friday
Time: 19:45pm*
*Performance will start promptly at 7:45pm. Please arrive 45 minutes prior to show time.
Price: 180/120/80 RMB
Tickets: http://www.shsymphony.com/item-index-id-596.html
Location: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Hall
Address: 1380 Middle Fuxing Road, Xuhui District, near Baoqing Road (徐汇区复兴中路1380号，近宝庆路)
Links
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra official website：www.sh-symphony.com
Split Works official website：www.spli-t.com
About Contemporale
The Contemporale series began in the autumn of 2014 as a collaboration between the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Split Works and hosts exciting contemporary musical acts in a classical music environment, at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s new home in downtown Shanghai.
The 2014-15 season saw piano, guitar and strings from the Ukraine (Lubomyr Melnyk), Canada (Moonface) and the US (Bill Callahan). With fully sold out Chamber Halls across the season, Contemporale has expanded its programme for the 2015-16 season, taking in twice the number of artists and including performances in the 1,200 seat Concert Hall.
About Split Works:
Split Works is a Beijing and Shanghai based concert promotion agency. Since 2006, we’ve been putting on killer parties and shows throughout Asia, working with brilliant artists from across the globe. In 2009, we launched JUE | Music + Art and also produce branded campaigns through our sister company, communications agency Splatter. We love China, we love music, we love you.[:zh]
上海交响乐团和Split Works开功 联合呈现
CONTEMPORALE当代变奏系列演出 2016-2017
未来非洲的吉他英雄Vieux Farka Touré
“技艺超群。Vieux以耀眼的才华，让家族的名字在新世纪得以延续。”-BBC
“未来非洲的吉他英雄。”-The Guardian
他的父亲被誉为“非洲的John Lee Hooker”，他则被誉为“非洲的Jimi Hendrix”。
Vieux Farka Touré为干旱的西非沙漠带去了前所未有的布鲁斯音乐，他的吉他演奏迷幻而充满热情，根植在西非音乐的土壤上，超出了任何一种你曾感受过的音乐范畴。
我们很荣幸地邀请到Vieux带来他的首次中国巡演。他将作为2016~2017年度“当代变奏”系列演出的嘉宾之一，同时也将于2017年1月15日在北京愚公移山登台献艺。
他的现场热情洋溢，时而苦涩时而激情，同时富有不失爽朗而乐观的非洲风情，堪称世界上最独一无二的音乐表演之一——会说8种语言的Vieux将用他的演出证明音乐同样能打破任何边界和束缚。
Vieux是马里布鲁斯吉他演奏家Ali Farka Touré的次子。Ali是传奇的格莱美获得者，于2006年逝世。在父亲开创性的非洲布鲁斯风格影响之下，Vieux为其注入了更当代的音乐元素——他创造性地将非洲传统民谣与摇滚乐、古巴音乐、牙买加雷鬼甚至Dub音乐融为一体，而同时仍保留着马里音乐不变的原色。
其父Ali Farka Touré来自于历史悠久的战士部落，青年时代反抗父母的意愿，成为了一位音乐家。Vieux也在青春期时就渴望子承父业。他起先在马里国家艺术中心担任鼓手和科拉琴演奏者，并从2001年开始演奏吉他。就在Vieux准备录制他的第一张专辑的时候，Ali的癌症越发严重。父子二人一起录制了一些音乐素材，这些录音是Ali身前最后的作品，最终被收录进了Vieux的首张专辑。在Ali最后的一段岁月中，他带着对儿子的骄傲，平静地向来访友人演奏了所有这些音乐片段。
2007年，World Village发行Vieux的首张同名专辑。他用成熟的音乐向父亲和马里的音乐传统表达了无限敬意，在美式布鲁斯的回响里为西非音乐找到了新的出路。他同样继承了父亲积极且乐善好施的性格，并将部分专辑收入捐赠给了对抗疟疾的医疗项目。
2009年，在第二张专辑Fondo中，Vieux走出了父亲的影响，他对摇滚乐、拉美音乐和多种非洲音乐的融会贯通使他的作品有了极大的突破，同时首次获得了广泛的国际声誉。2013年他带来了最近的一张个人专辑Mon Pays，专辑名取自法语的“我的国家“之意，向祖国传达出了炙热的情怀。从2012年开始马里遭受政变，随后陷入图阿格族分裂和“伊斯兰马格布里”恐怖组织实力等的多重军事威胁。通过Mon Pays, Vieux希望向世界表达自己祖国和文化美好的一面，而非满目疮痍。
Vieux已经展开了他的世界巡演，并和多位音乐大师有过合作，而这是他第一次来到中国。届时，Vieux将于2017年1月15日带着他那极具魅力和充满力量的音乐，在北京愚公移山完成中国巡回之旅。
演出信息
日期：2017年1月13日 星期五
时间：19:45（请提早45分钟入场）
场馆：上海交响乐团音乐厅 演艺厅
地址: 徐汇区复兴中路1380号，近宝庆路
票价：180元 /120元 /80元
官方购票：http://www.shsymphony.com/item-index-id-596.html
相关链接
上海交响乐团官网：www.sh-symphony.com
Split Works开功官网：www.spli-t.com
– 关于CONTEMPORALE 当代变奏 系列活动
“当代变奏”是始于2014年秋天，由上海交响乐团和Split Works开功联合呈现的系列活动，致力于将独特的当代旋律带入到古典音乐的环境中。演出场馆则是位于上海市中心，拥有优雅环境和完美音效的上海交响乐团音乐厅。
在2014-15年度的“当代变奏”系列活动中，我们献给观众的是来自乌克兰（Lubomyr Melnyk）、加拿大（Moonface）和美国（Bill Callahan）的钢琴、吉他和弦乐演奏，受到了大家的热烈追捧，票房火爆到一票难求的空前局面。在新一季的“当代变奏”系列演出里，我们将邀请到更多的国际优秀独立音乐人，将在拥有12,00坐席的的音乐厅上演最完美的作品。
– 关于Split Works：
Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节，从“无解周末”到回声公园音乐节。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。[:]