Voyage au pays des griots invites you into the rich musical traditions of West Africa in the company of Lasso Sanou, a musician from Burkina Faso born into a family of griots. From a very young age, Lasso was immersed in a variety of traditional repertoires (Peul, Dioula, Bambara, Mossi…), inheriting knowledge passed down from generation to generation by the guardians of memory and the spoken word.

Over the course of his journey, from his native Burkina Faso to Mali and then to Montreal, Lasso Sanou, a griot by birth, has enriched his repertoire through the encounters and exchanges along the way. Through his deep knowledge of oral traditions and his sensitive approach to the Peul flute, he brings to life melodies that have long accompanied the stories, celebrations, and daily life of West African communities.

For griots, music is inseparable from the spoken word. Songs, tales, proverbs, and stories answer one another to carry forward the memory of families, villages, and peoples. Through this concert, Lasso Sanou revisits this living heritage, offering a musical and narrative journey that crosses the cultures and landscapes of West Africa all the way to Montreal, blending ancestral traditions with personal history.

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Tickets – Intimate Concerts Series 2026-2027

1 concert: $39 + tax / concert (regular rate)

3 concerts: $36 + tax / concert

6 concerts: $32 + tax / concert

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The Intimate Concerts Series 2026-2027 in a few words

The Centre des musiciens du monde invites you to the Intimate Concerts series, launched in 2024 in the choir of Saint-Enfant-Jésus church, an exceptional venue with remarkable acoustics for rare moments of communion with music. With capacity limited to 50 seats, the intimate atmosphere is ideal for savouring every note and every breath, in a silence and resonance conducive to listening. Each evening explores an instrument and the culture it embodies, shining a light on traditional music passed down orally through generations. These interpretations, both respectful of heritage and marked by each artist’s own sensibility, weave a link between past and present. Come discover inspired melodies, ancestral harmonies, and sonic stories where the diversity of the world expresses itself in all its splendour. A rendezvous for the soul and the senses.