Guylene

Female Kora Player - Vocalist - Composer - Dancer

Name: Guylene
Address: New York, NY, US
Telephone: 347 929 3773

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Guylene Solon Female Kora Player New York Haitian American - Vocalist - Composer - Dancer

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Guylene Solon (Pronounced Ghee-len) is a Haitian American multifaceted artist & musician born in 1984 in Flatbush Brooklyn, New York.

She plays a 21 string harp-lute from West Africa - the Kora, taught by Senegalese musicians Amadou Fall, Salieu Suso, and Zal Sissokho.

Solon combines her voice, the sound of her harp, and contemporary dance performance, using both ancient and classical instruments with guest musicians.

The first International album she composed titled Respiro (Breath) was in collaboration with Italian musicians Giovanni Longo and Michele Russo, recorded in Italy in 2014. Later to compose and produce her first solo demo titled Lakay (Home)in 2016, an instrumental fusion of the Kora, sounds of nature, rain & soft percussion.

She is now in preparation to record in studio the album VIZYON 21.

As a child she specialized in visual arts and playing the alto & tenor saxophone. Initially, she studied Fine arts & Photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City & Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY under the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), but her passion for music developed later on as an adult when she took an interest in world music, jazz & dance.

In 2006 Solon worked alongside legendary musician Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra as the assistant stage director at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. Later taking on contemporary world dance, including Gaga Movement taught by Guy Shomroni and Contact Improvisation with Raul Talamantes and Israel García White.

She is a professional in art & design, dance, and music in over 10 different countries, performing worldwide for over a decade, with Jazz & Ska group Taapa Groove, in 2009 in Mexico City. With her Kora, she has performed at Bari Jazz Festival in Bari, Italy & Yoga Festival in Rome and in events worldwide.

Her background in visual arts, music, dance and fitness are matched with numerous awards since the year 2000.

Guylene Solon (Pronounced Ghee-len) is a Haitian American multifaceted artist & musician born in Brooklyn, New York 1984.

She plays a 21 string harp-lute. A west African instrument Kora, taught by Senegalese musicians Amadou Fall, Salieu Suso, and Zal Sissokho.

Solon combines her voice, the sound of her harp, and contemporary dance performance, using both ancient and classical instruments with guest musicians.

The first International album she composed titled Respiro (Breath) was in collaboration with Italian musicians Giovanni Longo and Michele Russo, recorded in Italy in 2014. Later to compose and produce her first solo demo titled Lakay (Home)in 2016, an instrumental fusion of the Kora, sounds of nature, rain & soft percussion.

She is now in preparation to record in studio the album VIZYON 21.

As a child she specialized in visual arts and playing the alto & tenor saxophone. Initially, she studied Fine arts & Photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City & Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY under the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), but her passion for music developed later on as an adult when she took an interest in world music, jazz & dance.

In 2006 Solon worked alongside legendary musician Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra as the assistant stage director at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. Later taking on contemporary world dance, including Gaga Movement taught by Guy Shomroni and Contact Improvisation with Raul Talamantes and Israel García White.

She is a professional in art & design, dance, and music in over 10 different countries, performing worldwide for over a decade, with Jazz & Ska group Taapa Groove, in 2009 in Mexico City. As a Kora player, she has performed at Bari Jazz Festival in Bari, Italy & Yoga Festival in Rome and in events worldwide.