Kizaba

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Kizaba

Location: Harrison Memorial Hall (290 Esplanade Ave.)

Time: Saturday, July 8th, 8:30pm

KIZABA, is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, pioneer of Afro-Congolese electro music, based in Montreal, Canada, who sings in French, English, Kikongo and Lingala. In 2022, for his first tour of the United States of America, in Louisiana, he was the opening performance of the historical New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on the main stage, with a line up of great artists like Lionel Richie, Ceelo Green, Charlie Wilson, Kelly, Foo Fighters and more. He has also performed for audiences at the Festival International de Louisiane and traveled to Europe to present his music in England at the Africa Oyé Festival and in Spain at Mapas. He has also toured in several shows in Canada, Quebec, British Columbia and around the world on different continents. At the beginning of his career, he accompanied jazz teacher François Mantuila Nyomo for several years, his uncle, one of the most famous guitarists on the African continent.

To give the spectators a complete experience, visuals of 3D masks, designed by KIZABA and inspired by traditional masks from the Congo imagined in the future, are projected behind the musicians, creating a captivating atmosphere in another dimension. On stage, he is accompanied by musicians (one who plays the Congolese guitar, and a second guitarist who plays rock rhythms and DJ on stage with sound control). Through its fascinating and electrifying Afro-electro Congolese electronic music, its lyrics in French, Lingala and Kikongo with some vocal melodies in English, KIZABA offers a dancing and unifying show for the general public.