Rokia Traoré - Mandinka Classics Rokia Traoré, Voice, arrangements & musical direction Samba Diabaté, Guitar & texts search Mamah Diabaté, N'goni Habib Sangaré, Bolon Joel Massa Diarra, Balafon Playlist Toubaka (Classic traditionnal) Nan Foulé (Classic traditionnal) Koulandjan (Classic tribute to the brotherhood of hunters) Soubalé (Classic of the Mandinka epic) Tiramaka(Classic of the Mandinka epic) Kamadjan (Classic of the Mandinka epic) Fakoli (Classic of the Mandinka epic) Nakouma Djan (Classic traditionnal) Douga (Traditionnal Mandinka song) Recorded on January 20, 2020 at the UNESCO TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

João Bosco, lead, guitar/vocals Ricardo Silveira, guitar Guto Wirtti, bass Kiko Freitas, drums João Bosco has been loved in his home country of Brazil for decades, since the 60s when he first began composing and performing. In the early 90s, Bosco mounted a major tour of the US, and since then he has become increasingly popular internationally, regularly performing at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Despite his growing popularity outside of his homeland, Bosco remains thoroughly attached to Brazil to the point of never leaving it for extended periods; his music, though rooted in Brazil's classic samba and bossa nova traditions, combines rock and roll, jazz and other ethnic styles in an eclectic brew that is as inventive and challenging as he is. In 2017 Bosco received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Latin Recording Academy at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. His new album, Mano Que Zuera, was released at the end of the year. Recorded on July 21, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Madama Butterfly 'Tragedia giapponese' by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco's play 'Madame Butterfly' First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Pierre Iodice (Chorus master) Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (Stage Director) Jean-Guy Lecat (sets) Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Svetlana Aksenova (Cio-Cio-San) Alexey Dolgov (Pinkerton) Mario Cassi (Sharpless) Sabina Willeit (Suzuki) Saverio Fiore (Goro) Alexise Yerna (Kate Pinkerton) Luca Dall'Amico (Lo Zio Bonzo) Patrick Delcour (Il Commissario/ Yamadori) Recorded at the Opéra Royal de Liège-Wallonie, 28 September 2019  

State Academic Symphony Orchestra Of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Gabriel BebeÅŸelea (conductor) Ray Chen (violin) George Enescu (1881 - 1955) Pastorale-Fantaisie Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) Violin Concerto in D major op. 35 Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1993) Manfred Symphony Recorded at the Grand Palace Hall, Bucarest, George Enescu Festival, 12 September 2019

Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Paris, Philippe Jordan (Conductor) Pyotr Ilych Tchaikosky (1840 - 1893) Symphony no. 1 in G minor, op. 13 'Winter dreams' Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64 Recorded on October 12th, 2017 at the Opéra national de Paris, Bastille Directed by François-René Martin

State Academic Symphony Orchestra Of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Alexandra Silocea (piano) Alexey Retinsky (b. 1986) De profundis Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major op. 102 George Enescu (1881 - 1955) Symphony no. 2 in A major op. 17 Recorded at the Grand Palace Hall, Bucarest, George Enescu Festival, 11 September 2019

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan (Conductor) Pyotr Ilych Tchaikosky (1840 - 1893) Symphony no 2 in C minor, op. 17 'Litle Russian' Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36 Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris on March 27, 2018 Directed by François-René Martin

Robot ! Choreography, artistic direction Blanca Li Musical robots, Maywa Denki NAO Robots , Aldebaran Robotics Scenography, Pierre Attrait Light, Jacques Chatelet Music, Tao Gutierrez In partnership with Aldebaran Robotics for the NAO robots Dancers, Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso, Emilie Camacho, Géraldine Fournier, Yann Hervé, Aliashka Hilsum, Samir M'Kirech, Margalida Riera Roig, Gael Rougegrez and 8 robots Eight dancers and the musically animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki are directed by Blanca Li and investigate the relationship between man and machine, in the particular context where robots tend to become more and more human. This innovative performance is immediately engaging and the audience is dazzled by the technical prowess of the robotic choreography. A futuristic fantasy, 'Robot!', Blanca Li's new creation for the Montpellier Dance Festival, is one of these unidentified objects the choreographer from Andalusia particularly enjoys. In this approach to 'total theatre', she involves eight dancers and the animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki. The resulting opera takes stock of a world in which mathematics and technology try to harness human life and design thinking machines. Machines with desires... A post-dadaist choreographer, influenced by psychoanalytically-minded Martha Graham and her native city of Granada where she was a gymnast at the age of twelve, Blanca Li enjoys a comical and poetical form of humour. Her 'Garden of Earthly Delights' after Hieronymus Bosch, premiered at Montpellier in 2009, her opera 'Rag Time' after Scott Joplin, a commercial for the Longchamp brand and a show for Jean-Paul Gaultier all partake of her invitation to 'come and dance with me'. 'Robot!' clearly belong to this tradition. Recorded at the Maison des Arts & de la Culture de Créteil TV directors, Blanca Li and Fabien Raymond

Elektro Kif Choreography and staging , Blanca LI Lighting design, Jacques Châtelet Original Music, Tao Guttierrez Costume, Françoise Yapo Dancers Khaled Abdulahi (alias Cerizz) Jeremy Alberge (alias Jerem) , Arnaud Bacharach (alias Nino), Roger Bepet (alias Big Jay) , William Falla (alias Treaxy) , Slate Hemedi (Alias Crazy) , Alou Sidibe (alias Kyrra), Adrien Sissoko (alias Fiasco) Recorded on 2013 at la Cigale, Paris TV Director,

Bokanté Malika Tirolien, voice Michael League, guitar & voice Chris McQueen, guitar & voice Bob Lanzetti, guitar Roosevelt Collier, steel guitar Jamey Haddad, percussion Keita Ogawa, percussion André Ferrari, percussion An experiment conceived by Snarky Puppy founder and GroundUP Music creator Michael League (who has traded his bass in for a baritone guitar in this group), the process of formation was all but conventional. The music and some of the melodies were written by League, demoed while on tour with other bands, and then sent to Tirolien with lyrical concepts attached. Tirolien then wrote lyrics and melodies, demoing and ping-ponging the new content back to Michael. Many of the musicians had never even met until the first day of recording. By the end of the week-long session in upstate New York's legendary Dreamland Studios, the band felt abnormally cohesive. 'Unity was paramount in the formation of this group,' observed League. 'Though the ensemble is multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-generational, we all feel connected as musicians and people. And in combining our different accents I feel that there is a strangely common and poignant sound, one that can reach and relate to listeners around the world.' Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal Ballake Sissoko, kora Vincent Segal, cello Track list Chamber Music (Ballaké Sissoko) Oscarine (Vincent Segal) Houdesti (Ballaké Sissoko) Wo ye N'gnougobine (Ballaké Sissoko) Histoire de Molly (Vincent Segal) Ma Fa (Vincent Segal) Regret à Kader Barry ' (Ballaké Sissoko) Halinkata Djouba ' (Ballaké Sissoko) Future (Ballaké Sissoko) Mako Mady (Ballaké Sissoko) Recroded on October 18, 2009, at the hino Jazz festival TV Director, Francois Goetghebeur

Omer Avital Quintet Omer Avital, double bass Alexandre Levin, saxophone Asaf Yuria, saxophone Eden Ladin, piano, keyboard Ofri Nehemya, drums Recorded on Spetember 8th 2017 at the cité de la musique, Jazz à la Villette festival TV Director, David Unger

Rokia Traoré | Rubén Pellejero Rokia Traoré, chant Mamadyba Camara, Kora Mamah Diabaté, N'goni Every year, the Angoulême Festival proposes to a comic strip author to create the Jazz à Vienne poster, and the two festivals offer a creative comic concert that mixes music and comic strips. Both festivals offer a creative comic concert that will mix music and comic strips, bringing together a cartoonist and a musician, who express themselves live with their own 'tools' to compose a hybrid work. This particular comic concert brings together the singer Rokia Traoré and the cartoonist Rubén Pellejero. Playlist A Ou Ni sou (Rokia Traoré) Konakiri (Sory Kandia Kouyaté) Nimandon (Rokia Traoré - Ballaké Sissoko) Keme Birama (Classic song - Mali) Danama (Classic song - Mali) Titati (Bako Dagnon) Djadjiri (Classic song - Mali) Da Monzon (Classic song - Mali) Malisadio (Classic song - Mali / GuinEA Conakry) Recorded on January 26, 2018 at the Festival d'Angoulème TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut