The school rapidly acquired international renown and opened branches in Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, and the USA. In Belgium alone, the school has over 300 students from the beginner to the professional levels.
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| With his wife, Véronique, Mamady opened his
own percussion school in 1991 : TamTam
Mandingue. The school rapidly acquired international renown and opened branches in Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, and the USA. In Belgium alone, the school has over 300 students from the beginner to the professional levels. |
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Each year since 1993, Mamady and Véronique have held an international summer workshop in Brussels in the month of July and an intensive training session in Conakry, Guinea in December. Students have come from the four corners of the world, but primarilly from France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, the USA, Austria, and Japan.
September 1992
- Creation of the Paris branch with Michel Weelen :
TamTam Mandingue
15, rue V. Massé
Paris 9
+33 48 74 69 99
- Release of the second CD and K7 :
« Nankama » by Mamady Keita,
Fonti Musicali FMD195
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1993
Workshop in Guinea, Winter 93-94
Mamady organized an intensive percussion workshop in Guinea where students had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest percussionists from Guinea's ballet companies.1994
Mamady was contacted by the Japanese national television channel, NHK, for a one month trans-Japan tour with his group Sewa kan. Concerts and workshops took place in the biggest cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Okayama, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, as well as at Mishima in the southern islands.
- Japanese television produced special programs. A documentary was made of Mamady's week-long initiation of a group of young children into African percussion and culture. In Tokyo, Mamady performed a special concert with a master of traditional Japanese drumming.
- Preparation for the third CD which was recorded in Guinea prior to the end of 1994 with the collaboration of that country's greatest artists, who had been Mamady's teachers and companions during his training as a youth.
- Second dance and drumming workshop in Guinea from December 24 to January 21, 1995.
1995
Release of the third CD (double) :
« Mögöbalu » the title of which means "masters or wise men".
Fonti Musicali FMD205.» the title of which means "masters or wise men".
Fonti Musicali FMD205.
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- In September, Mamady and his group Sewa Kan are invited by the World Music Institute of New York to tour several states in the USA.
- Second tour in Japan
1996
Using the same personnel as on the Mogobalu sessions, Mamady recorded a fourth CD, entitled Hamanah, The Dance of the Strong Men », which is dedicated solely to rhythms of the Dunumba family.
Fonti Musicali FMD 211
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- Return to Japan with the Mogobalu group for a third month-long cross-country tour. The Japanese television channel, NHK, filmed a sequel to the 1994 documentary. This time the same children were taken to Mamady's home village in Africa.
- In September, Mamady traveled to the USA with Mahiri Edwards Keita, director of Tam Tam Mandingue USA, for a month-long tour of several states during which he held workshops only.1997
- January : Dance and drumming workshop in Guinea.
- Fourth tour of Japan and tour of the USA.
- Preparation for a fifth CD, this time with the group Sewa Kan.
- Work on a book devoted to the history and transcription of traditional Guinean rhythms.
- December : A group of Japanese school children visited Mamady's home village as part of a Japan-Guinea cultural exchange.
1997
- January : Dance and drumming workshop in Guinea.
- June : release of the fifth CD, with the group Sewa Kan.
June
- release of the fifth CD, "Afö" (Play !) with the group Sewa Kan.
Fonti Musicali Fmd 215- Couleur Café : Sewa Kan 10 years old !
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- January
- La chaîne de télévision NHK termine le documentaire commencé en 1994 : quatre enfants japonais originaire de l'île de Mishima participent à un stage de percussion à Balandugu, village natal de Mamady, avec les enfants du village.
- enregistrement d'un double CD consacré au retour de Mamady au village et à la musique en général de Balandugu.
- réalisation d'un reportage sur Balandugu qui sera publié sur le site Internet.
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