Noumoucounda Cissoko

About Noumoucounda Cissoko

Biography
Kora player, percussionist and lead vocal, Noumoucounda Cissoko is a perfectionist artist, committed and with a sense of improvisation and the extraordinary adaptation.
International tours of this great artist allowed him to participate in several art events along with other world-renowned artists such as Youssou Ndour, Ky Many Marley (son of Bob Marley), Ira Colman (bassist Herbie Hancock) Ernest Ranglin, Alpha Blondy, Omar Pene, Red Rats, Princess Erika, MC Solaar and Stromae (album 2013).
Graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art in Dakar, following four years of study kora and dance. His mastery of rhythm and melody make this one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.
Rich in various musical experiences Noumoucounda Cissoko began a solo career which resulted in her first international album recorded in Geneva during the summer of 2009 and released in 2012. This album is the result of collaboration with the Swiss group "Phat4."
Tours and collaborations:
March 1st to 8th: African arts and spectacles market (Masa), Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire
February 14th 2014: Sauti za Busara Festival, Zanzibar, Tanzania
November 1st 2013: International expo of African Music, Yaoundé Cameroon
August 3rd 2013: Summer stage Andernos les Bains, France
February 2013: Featuring Kora, album ‘Racine Carrée’ (Stromae )
December 2012: TV Pilot Club Momo in London
November 2012: Concert Balattou 4372 (expired link), Quebec Canada
November 2012: Live concert at Upstairs Jazz Montreal, Canada
Summer 2012: Baba Maal World Tour, European Tour Omar Pene
December 2010: Kora solo, opening ceremony of the 3rd World Festival of Negro Arts (FESMAN), Dakar
July 2010: Paleo Festival 2010 with Chaka Jr, Nelson Mandela Day at the Shanghai World Expo
June 2010: Couleur Café Festival with Fredy Massamba