Bergen International Festival 2019 English catalogue FiB Katalog EN 2019 lowres single pages | Page 72

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GRIEGH A LLE N
GRIEG SA L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Tuesday 28 May
at 19:30
Remain in
Light
1:20
T IC KET
FiB Fordel:
200/320/440
BT Fordel:
187/300/412
FEST I VI T I ES
Angélique
Kidjo
D U RAT IO N
Standard:
250/400/550
Senior:
225/360/495
Under 30: 190
BE RGE N INTE RNAT I ON AL
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​ frica's most famous diva takes
A
classic album by Talking Heads
home.
In 2016, Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo had
the entire audience in Grieghallen up and dan-
cing during the Bergen International Festival.
Now she returns to raise the roof again. She
has made her own recording of Talking Heads’
iconic album Remain in Light from 1980, thus
taking the original album, which is deeply influ-
enced by West African music, home. Classic
songs such as Crosseyed and Painless, Once
in a Lifetime and Born Under Punches (The
Heat Goes On) have been given an even more
distinctive sound of the West African music
that Kidjo has always promoted, combined with
elements of R&B and funk, and are performed
with a force and musicality that directly touches
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the heart. Joining her on stage are a driving and
explosive band.
Angélique Kidjo has a powerful voice that she
also uses in the conveyed sense, in her political
commitment to Africa’s present and future. She
uses her music as a platform for intercultural
communication, and in 2011 she was named one
of the world’s 100 most inspiring women by The
Guardian.
Angélique Kidjo vocals
Dominic James guitar
Edgardo Yayo Serka drums
Marcos Lopez percussion
Michael Olatuja bass
Thierry Vaton keyboard
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