TANZANIA

Arnold Chiwalala

Arnold Chiwalala from Tanzania - Arnold is a professional musician, choreographer, singer, dancer, composer, educator, having participated in a number of various artistic projects, festivals, held series of performances in Scandinavian and Baltic States, Europe, Africa and the USA. He lectures in higher education schools in Tanzania and Finland and gives creative workshops in England and Germany. He is often invited to give presentations at international conferences. A. Chiwalala plays percussion instruments (drums), overtone flute and the Finnish kantele. His style of playing kantele is a completely new approach to traditional music. He was nominated the best kantele player of the year of Finland in 2008. Arnold gives both solo performances and performs with other musicians.