AKA Trio - Antonio Forcione, Seckou Keita & Adriano Adewale 2019
THEATR MWLDAN | AKA TRIO CO-PRODUCTION
ANTONIO FORCIONE, SECKOU KEITA & ADRIANO ADEWALE
The AKA TRIO is an international musical summit meeting of three world-renowned virtuosos: Antonio Forcione, Seckou Keita and Adriano Adewale.
Coming from three different continents - Europe, Africa and South America - Antonio, Seckou and Adriano grew up in three different landscapes, speaking three different languages, and were formed by three different cultures and musical traditions. All these differences have converged in AKA Trio, and the product is 'Joy', a new album which will release on the bendigedig label in May 2019.
Italian guitarist-composer Antonio Forcione has been travelling the world for over two decades, releasing twenty albums and collaborating with many major artists along the way, including such names as Charlie Haden, Trilok Gurtu, Angelique Kidjo and the Bulgarian Voices, amongst many others. Seckou Keita from Senegal is one of the world’s foremost kora players, involved in many international projects including his ground-breaking duo with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and his Transparent Water project with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa. Brazilian percussionist and composer Adriano Adewale has collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Joanna McGregor and Benjamin Taubkin and has composed music for orchestras and dance theatre.
Together they create a joyful, uplifting and celebratory experience for audiences everywhere.
AKA Trio will undertake a major UK tour in November 2019, as well as playing festival dates throughout 2019. See below for confirmed tour dates so far.
The tour is produced by Theatr Mwldan.
MAY 2019
11 Brighton Festival, All Saints Church, HOVE
30 Songlines Encounters Festival, Kings Place, LONDON
AUGUST 2019
26 Shrewsbury Folk Festival, SHREWSBURY
NOVEMBER 2019
13 Lakeside Arts Centre, NOTTINGHAM
15 Ropetackle Arts Centre, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA
16 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, CARDIFF
20 Liverpool Philharmonic, LIVERPOOL
21 Band On The Wall, MANCHESTER
22 Taliesin Arts Centre, SWANSEA
27 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, ABERYSTWYTH
28 St George's Bristol, BRISTOL
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This production is available to book - please contact Dilwyn Davies dilwyn@mwldan.co.uk for further details.
