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Régis Gizavo
The diatonic accordion is one of the key instruments of traditional Malagasy music. Its "panting" and spinning melodies have blended in for nearly two centuries into the practical music of Grande Ile where it is often used to incite trances. Nevertheless, following the poverty that has stricken the country and its musicians, the instrument is becoming ever more rare: the Malagasy accordionist - a species prone to extinction.
With respect to this sad situation, Régis Gizavo is the exception. At the age of fourty, ten of which were spent in Europe, this accordionist from Tuléar presents himself not only as a defender of the traditions of his region (where the ethic groups, Vezo, Masikoro and Mahafaly co-exist), but also of modern, original music, absorbing...
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