Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra ring in the new year with their annual New Year's Concert, and this time they welcome kora master and singer Dawda Jobarteh as guest soloist. The kora is a 21-stringed instrument from West Africa, and Dawda comes from a griot family of musicians and historians stretching back generations.
Dawda won the Carl Prize 2023 as composer of the year in the Roots category. The band has a history with him going back to studio trips to Gambia in the 1980s, and they played together on Zanzibar in 2018. The band also hopes to play Tilo Akandita Brikama, a tribute to Dawda's grandfather, Alhaji Bai Konte.
Dawda is also playing at Copenhagen Contemporary on 20 November 2026, when he releases an album. The concert is expected to sell out quickly.
