■Karamoko Camara Official Homepage
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■カラモコ・カマラ プロフィール
西アフリカ・ギニア共和国の首都、コナクリ出身。音楽的才能に長けたユニークな家に生まれ、幼少時から演奏を始める。
彼の才能はすぐに見出され、バシコロ・デ・カルウム、サーカス・デ・バオバブ、パーカッション・デ・ギニア・ジュニアなど、ギニア有数の舞踏団、音楽団で演奏をする。ギニアで最も有名な私設舞踏団であるメルベ・デ・ギニアに所属し、ドゥンドゥン奏者として頭角を現す。
アメリカで数多くの成功を収めた後、彼の世界をもっと広めることを決意し、2001年来日。以来、各地でドラムクラスを開催、演奏旅行しながら、伝統音楽の素晴らしさを、世界中に広め続けている。
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■KARAMOKO CAMARA Profile
Born in Conakry, the capital city of Republic of Guinea, West Africa with a unique musically talented family. Karamoko took up playing instruments as a young boy.
His talent was soon discovered and started to play in almost all the major music groups and dance companies of the city such as Ballet Basikolo, Circus Baobab, Percussion de Guinea Jr. and many others. Then he was recruited by Les Merveilles de Guinea, the best and the most famous private dance and music company of the country. And Karamoko became to be known as the best Doun Doun player of the time.
In 2001, after much success in the States, Karamoko decided he wanted to broaden his horizon further and moved to Japan. Since then, he has been performing, teaching and spreading the technique and beauty of ancient music all over the country.