Toumani Diabaté

Toumani Diabaté (10 Agosti 1965 - 19 Julai 2024) alikuwa mpiga kora maarufu kutoka nchini Mali. Alijulikana sana kwa mchango wake katika muziki wa jadi wa Afrika Magharibi. Aliendelea kuutambulisha kimataifa kupitia ushirikiano na wasanii mbalimbali maarufu. Wasanii hao ni pamoja na  Taj Mahal (Marekani), Damon Albarn (Uingereza), Björk (Iceland), Roswell Rudd (Marekani), Ketama (Hispania), Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba), na Arve Henriksen (Norway).

Mbali na kutumbuiza muziki wa jadi wa Mali, alihusika katika ushirikiano wa kitamaduni katika mitindo ya flamenco, blues, jazz na mitindo mingine ya kimataifa katika tasnia ya muziki. Mnamo mwaka 2006, gazeti la jijini London The Independent lilimuweka katika orodha yao ya wasanii bora hamsini wa Afrika. Katika tanzia  yake, The Times ilimuelezea kama "mtunzi wa muziki mwenye ujasiri na mbunifu."
Diskografia
Kaira (1988)
Songhai (pamoja na Ketama na Danny Thompson) (1988)</ref>
Shake the Whole World (pamoja na Symmetric Orchestra) (1992)
Songhai 2 (pamoja na Ketama, Danny Thompson, na José Soto) (1994)
Djelika (1995)
New Ancient Strings (pamoja na Ballaké Sissoko) (1999)
Kulanjan (pamoja na Taj Mahal) (1999)
Malicool (pamoja na Roswell Rudd) (2002)
In the Heart of the Moon (pamoja na Ali Farka Touré) (2005)
The Mandé Variations (2008)
Ali and Toumani (pamoja na Ali Farka Touré) (2010)
Symphonie Mandingue – Live (2011)
A Curva da Cintura (pamoja na Arnaldo Antunes na Edgard Scandurra) (2011)
Toumani & Sidiki (pamoja na Sidiki Diabaté Jr.) (2014)
Lamomali (pamoja na -M- na Sidiki Diabaté) (2017)
The Ripple Effect (pamoja na Béla Fleck) (2020)
Kôrôlén (pamoja na London Symphony Orchestra) (2021)
Toumani, Family & Friends (2022)
The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere (pamoja na Kayhan Kalhor) (2023)
Filmografia
 Bamako Is a Miracle by Maurice Engler, Arnaud Robert, and Samuel Chalard (Afro Blue, Geneva, 2003).
 Toumani Diabaté – Koraklänge aus dem Land der Flusspferde by Martina Pfaff (WDR, Cologne, 2007).
Marejeo

Viungo vya nje

 Toumani Diabaté at Odaras Productions
 Official Toumani Diabaté biography 
 Afropop Worldwide Slideshow of Toumani Diabate Performing Live in Brooklyn (July 2007)
 The Kora Star (August 2007)
 'Our music is older than Bach' – Interview in The Guardian (October 2008)
 Information on the kora & Toumani Diabaté
 Ali and Toumani Review and interview with Tounami Diabaté|, Folk Radio UK
 One on One – Toumani Diabate. Al Jazeera



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