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Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Rokia Traor\u00e9 <\/strong>was born in Kolokani, Mali, in 1974. Currently stationed between Bamako, Bruxelles, and Paris, Rokia <\/strong>goes back to her native Mali and her music is influenced by her African roots tradition but also by European and American pop and rock that she always listened to during her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traor\u00e9 <\/strong>released her first album, Mouneissa<\/em>, in 1998 which was received splendidly by critics thanks to her innovative sound made of Malian acoustics and the use of the n\u2019goni, a traditional African lute, and the balafon. Mouneissa<\/em> was followed by Wanita <\/em>(2000), Bowmboi <\/em>(2003) and Beautiful Africa <\/em>in 2013, this album was published with Ponderosa Music & Art<\/strong> which was deemed by UNCUT \u00abthe highest point in her career\u00bb. The unique sound of the songs in Bambara, a West African dialect, that created Beautiful Africa<\/em><\/strong> was achieved also thanks to the choice of John Parrish as producer, who helped the Malian artist to weave powerful rock sounds with typical African sounds which completed the personal and touching lyrics written by Traor\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, after having left her native Mali due to the civil war, Traor\u00e9<\/strong> went back to recording in the studio and published with Ponderosa Music & Art<\/strong>, N\u00e9 So<\/strong>, with John Parrish producing once again. This was the project that most of all summed up the artist\u2019s twenty-year career and she admitted that the album was born from difficult moments she had to learn to channel in lyrics and music. This \u201cmusical therapy\u201d told the story of Rokia <\/strong>but also of the world and the human condition and its extraordinary diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rokia <\/strong>explored diverse artistic directions during her career: she had the honor of opening the World Music Festival <\/em>in Roskilde in 2009 and for her work for the Passerelle Foundation<\/strong>, ideated and led by Traor\u00e9 <\/strong>herself, she was made part of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, she collaborated with Nobel winner and novelist Toni Morrison <\/strong>and the MacArthur Genius Grant winner Peter Sellars, interpreting Desdemona in their Othello (for which she also composed the music). The premiere was held in Vienna in the summer of 2011 and then arrived at the Lincoln Center in New York and at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples, and moreover, at the Barbican Centre in London. At the Barbican Centre was also put in place a piece by Rokia across three evenings, titled<\/strong> Donguili \u2013 Donke \u2013 Damou (Sing \u2013 Dance \u2013 Dream). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in 2015 she was part of the jury for the 68th edition of the Cannes Film Festival <\/em>chaired by the Coen brothers.
In 2020 she took part in La Musica dei Cieli<\/strong>, an event that aspired at promoting awareness and dialogue between cultures through spiritual music, for which Rokia <\/strong>performed a selection of tracks from N\u00e9 So.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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