ZOURATIÉ KONÉ

- musician -

Zouratié Koné is a percussionist master from a family of Griots (traditional healers-artists) who juggles with ease multiple instruments of West African tradition (djembe, tama, longa, kora, balaphon). Of oral tradition, this outstanding musician knows hundreds of different rhythms from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Mali, Guinea, etc. as well as many traditional songs.

He is the leader of ZKE! (Zouratié Koné Ensemble). He has adapted dozens of African rhythms in order to compose instrumental pieces for his band, with particular attention to groove and harmonisation, thus achieving a very successful transcontinental fusion.