
Guylene
Female Kora Player - Vocalist - Composer - Dancer
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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 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.
2025 Composing & audio engineering Presonus Studio One
2025 Certified Wix Studio Web Designer
2021 Wix Partner Program - Legend - Highest Rank
2014 Mata Ortiz Ceramic - Cielo Rojo - Mexico
2014 World Dance Movement - Contemporary Dance Certification - Italy
2013 Danxica Foundation - Scholarship and Dance Certification - International
2010 Best band, "La Ultima y Nos Vamos" - Mexico
2003 Photographer's Forum Magazine - Finalist Best College Photography - New York
2003 Kickboxing Instructor New York Health & Racquet Club
2002 Certified Personal Trainer ISSA The International Sports Sciences Association
2002 CPR/AED Certification Equinox Fitness Club - New York
2001 Art Directors Club Certificate - New York
2000 Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM - Leonard Natman Award - New York

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.
Good Music is the answer to healing the world - Raising the planetary vibration - Educating the youth - Offering new perspectives
$12,200 of Donations so far
Budget $42K
Band Payment
$10K - Kora, Violinist, Percussionist, Pianist, Bassist
$2K - Choir
$10K - 21 piece Orchestra
$10K - Pre + Post Production & Studio Recording
$10K - Digital Distribution, Marketing & Media, Legal

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