*Postponed* Thursday, March 23, 2022, 7:00pm
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Concert postponed to a later date TBA.

Duo concert with Gambian kora master Malang Jobarteh, exploring the intersections between African music and piano repertoire inspired by African rhythms and harmonies. The program will juxtapose traditional and new works for kora with piano pieces by Ligeti, Cage, Leon, Uzoigwe and Onovwerosuoke, and will feature the world premiere of a new composition for kora and piano written by Jobarteh and Randall.

Crossings is supported by New Music USA’s 2022-2023 Creator Development Fund.

Hailing from a distinguished lineage of Gambia kora players, Malang Jobarteh carries on the tradition as a prolific kora performer and educator based in New York City. He has presented concerts at the Center for African Studies at Rutgers University, Wave Hill, Basilica Hudson, Longwood Arts Gallery, Northside Music Festival, Bronx Heritage Center, and many more. Jobarteh is a recording artist and has been featured on albums with Boubacar Diebate, Bela Fleck and Dialy Kounda, among others, and was awarded an Arts Fund grant from Bronx Council for the Arts. Jobarteh also serves in many cultural functions. As a Djeli he is personally responsible for maintaining an oral history of many generations before him, and he is called upon in countless social settings to bring people together, sometimes to resolve disputes, and other times to help leaders of the noble class make important decisions. His role is a complex one with many layers, with no direct parallel in American society.