The most anticipated music event of the year
\nHailed by Rolling Stone as among Africa\u2019s \u201cmost beloved artists\u201d, Senegalese-born Youssou N\u2019Dour and his group, the Super \u00c9toile de Dakar, present the stunning opening show for this year\u2019s World Cultures Festival. N\u2019Dour\u2019s authentic sound has not only blown away one continent but won him a devoted fan base in Europe, the USA, and across the world. For his Hong Kong concert, the celebrated musician has handpicked a number of top singers and dancers from Africa to perform with his ensemble \u2013 a sterling line-up not to be missed!<\/p>\n
N\u2019Dour\u2019s soaring voice has been described by The New York Times as \u201csweet, lithe and resolute\u201d and lauded by Peter Gabriel, world-renowned singer and co-founder of the WOMAD festival, as \u201cliquid gold… like the sun breaking through the clouds\u201d. By fusing traditional Senegalese music with jazz, soul, Latin, rock and other styles, N\u2019Dour initiatedmbalax, a unique Afropop genre featuring intricate, rhythmic patterns that captivated the Western music scene. Over the decades, N\u2019Dour has also collaborated with numerous international artists including Peter Gabriel, Neneh Cherry, Sting, Lou Reed, Branford Marsalis and Spike Lee.
\nSinger and entertainer, poet, politician and oral historian rolled into one, N\u2019Dour is an active social campaigner and a stirring voice for positive change, with his powerful songs transcending geographical, religious and cultural frontiers. As N\u2019Dour\u2019s commendation for the 2013 Polar Music Prize noted, \u201chis voice encompasses an entire continent\u2019s history and future, blood and love, dreams and power\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373314,373459],"area_type":[350139],"event_language":[],"series":[387116,387289,387121],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1291599","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-music-en","event_category-music-vocal-music-en","area_type-non-local","series-arts-festival","series-2017-world-cultures-festival-2","series-world-cultures-festival","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1291599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1291599"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1291599"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1291599"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1291599"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1291599"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1291599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}