Kalifa Donfini Koné Performance live

Kalifa Donfini Koné Performance live sur le plateau de ambiance tv Khalifa was born in the village of Monisso, in the Cercle de San region, Mali. Bwazan-6725Coming from a family of djeli (griots), it was his father, Sékou Koné, a renowned balafonist in the region, who wanted him to become a musician. His oldest and most beautiful memories, dating from before the age of five, are those of his balafon games with his father, who, to this day, has remained his only teacher. From a young age, the people of Khalifa's village recognized his talent and predicted that he would one day become a great musician. Khalifa played for many years with the percussion group “Bitons de Ségou” (Ségou, Mali) and recorded an album with this group. It was in 2005 that Bassidi Koné (Khalifa's cousin) invited Khalifa, with other members of his family, to form a new group, which became Bwazan. Khalifa has toured extensively in West Africa with Bwazan, and in 2009 he received the Virtuosity Prize for his technical mastery at the prestigious “Le Triangle du Balafon” festival, held in Sikasso, Mali. #culture #musiquemalienne #art #bwa #culturebwas