Clychau dibon

Description

What could have led two renowned virtuosos to try their hand at an encounter that seemed improbable at first glance, given how great the distance is between their two cultural origins? The answer is generously delivered to us by Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita in the album “Clychau Dibon,” which English audiences were able to discover with wonder in the last quarter of 2013. Catrin Finch is a world-renowned Welsh harpist who was, among other things, the official harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004, Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music. Seckou Keita is a charismatic Senegalese stage artist, kora player and percussionist, one of the best in his field, who knows how to convey with rare talent a kora repertoire that draws all its richness from Casamance (Senegal). The album “Clychau Dibon” is, for our two companions, the expression of a dream that each of them has never ceased to pursue; the culmination of a collaboration that works. Catrin and Seckou push back the limits of a simple musical collaboration to offer us a fusion cocktail which, while leaving nothing out of either of their respective cultural heritages, escapes the walls of difference to deliver to us with boundless generosity what the world is thirsty for: beauty, softness, harmony and elegance. It is an invitation to a subtle journey, far beyond your expectations, where magic and beauty rhyme with grace and wonder. The tracks sweep you up one after another, enter your hearts to stay there, embrace your souls to bring you into a beautiful universal celebration. “Clychau Dibon” is a masterpiece that deserves to reach the ears of as many people as possible. There is something collective in the relationship to music. It connects individuals. Catrin and Seckou understood this because they experienced it themselves, and they share it with joy at each of their performances, which is always unique... Don’t miss them on tour.