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Oumou Sangaré at the London Jazz Festival

Lopa Kothari is at the EFG London Jazz Festival for a special collaboration between Grammy award-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and the Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra.

Lopa Kothari is at the EFG London Jazz Festival for a special collaboration between Grammy award-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and the Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Sangaré, affectionately known as 'The Songbird of Wassoulou' (a cultural region in West African where Mali, Ivory Coast and Guinea meet) developed her craft as a child, singing alongside her mother at weddings and local celebrations in the capital Bamako. A committed musical campaigner for women's rights, she blasted onto the international stage at the tender age of twenty-one with the release of her album Moussoulou, 'Women'. Several records later - her most recent being her ninth studio album, Timbuktu - she continues to blend socially-engaged subject matter with a gift for soaring melodies.

Produced by Fatuma Khaireh
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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Derya Türkan

    Lamentos (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Derya Türkan. Performer: Basel Rajoub. Performer: Feras Charestan. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Lamentos (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Kyriakos Kalaitzidis

    The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Kyriakos Kalaitzidis. Performer: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Music Arranger: Callum Au.
    • The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Saa Magni (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Saa Magni (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Mali Niale (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Mali Niale (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Mogoya (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Mogoya (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Donso (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Donso (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Sarama (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Sarama (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Yala (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)

    Performer: Oumou Sangaré. Performer: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Performer: Abou Diarra. Music Arranger: Callum Au. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
    • Yala (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall).

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Nov 2025 21:30

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