WELCOME
Created in 2018 by the Congolese musician Eric Malu Malu, Kinarmonik is a professional music training center.
Specialized in music education for children, adolescents and adults, it trains amateur and professional musicians in the practice of the instrument and in musical theory.
This training is enriched by a monthly activity program which open up to different areas of the musical sector.
In addition, Kinarmonik provides musicians with a rehearsal room, musical instruments and a small stage for concerts.
In 2020, Kinarmonik acquired a recording studio, which allows musicians to realize their musical projects, and at the center to record and produce albums under the labelKinarmonicProduction.
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"With Kinarmonik, I try to create the place that I would have liked to have, when I was a young musician..."
Eric Malu-Malu President of Kinarmonik
OUR OBJECTIVES
PROFESSIONALIZE the Congolese music sector by promoting the development of skills through comprehensive training, workshops and masterclasses, by organizing training in music professions (sound engineer), by initiating professional meetings and national and international collaborations .
TO PROMOTE the richness of the country's musical heritage with Congolese musicians, in order to enrich their writing and their artistic identity. Create awareness of the importance of cultural identity through various actions: workshop led by musicians of different ethnicities, musical creation course on the multiple traditional rhythms of the DRC.
On an international level, promote the diversity of rhythms, make them known and integrate them into the global music industry.
TO ENCOURAGE the emergence of young musicians and groups, encourage them to compose and write their text. Train them on new digital technologies, introduce them to the stages of producing an album, inform them about copyright. Record and produce their titles and albums, distribute and broadcast them.
OUR PRIORITIES
STAFF BENDA BILILI
PARITY
Since its creation in 2018, Kinarmonik has multiplied its actions to encourage musicians and young girls wishing to learn music to push the door of the center. Leah was the first, since they are more and more numerous, many of them have become authors and composers. As for Leah, after a year of training, she is now the cultural manager of Kinarmonik, she also created her group YOSTI which since January 2023 has been recording its first album.
Zion Bass, Lucia and Leah
DIVERSITY
The 26 provinces of the DRC include around 400 tribes, each with at least one rhythm of its own, most often played on instruments that are mostly unknown to the world in general and to the Congolese in particular. This heritage is an inestimable wealth because it is the basis of our cultural identity. We regularly organize workshops led by musicians and dancers from all regions who come to pass on their know-how (instrument making), their music, their rhythm and their dance to the participants.
Mr Sauté Sauté legendary griot and spokesperson for the Pygmy community
TRANSMISSION
They played with Papa Wemba or Franco, the Congolese rumba has no more secrets for them, stories and anecdotes, they always have to tell with pleasure! This whole generation of musicians holds the history of Congolese music, which is why Kinarmonik regularly invites them for workshops, musical meetings that promote the transmission of knowledge and thus allow young and at least young generations to benefit from moments of enriching and benevolent sharing.
