Projects


FIKIRA toured in Madagascar in September and October 2007 as a recipient of an Alumni Grant from Berklee College of Music. While in Madagascar, we conducted workshops for young Malagasy musicians and performed throughout the country as part of the Madajazzcar festival, receiving rave reviews.

As a Malagasy musician who lives outside the country, I feel that it is my duty to help the younger generation to understand more about the music industry, while also encouraging them to master traditional music and instruments as a solid foundation for their art.

FIKIRA recorded its first album in January 2006 with financial support from Berklee College of Music. The recording is currently being mixed and we hope to have the album ready for release soon. Please join our mailing list to be updated on the CD release.
 
Another project that I have been working on is the debut album of Chie Imaizumi, produced by Greg Gisbert. It is on Capri Records right now.




Upcoming gigs

Next gigs will be posted as soon as they are available.
















Past gigs

•For March 1st-March 30
I will be in Madagascar for various reasons

•April 23rd
Joe's pub
with Razia Said
425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003

•April 28th
Regatta bar
with Fikira
One Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 617-661-5000

•From May 13th
"Murder at the Coconut Cabana"
Sway Mambo
Interactive Theater and Party Production
Tremont playhouse, Boston, every Friday

•June 15th
"The Journey of Phillis Wheatley"
by Nkeiru Okoye
Landmarks Orchestra
Ritz Carlton Hotel @ 8pm

•June 19th-25th
Oregon Bach Festival
with Osvaldo Golijov's La Passion segun San Marcos

•July 2005
teaching at Arts at Park Summer arts camp
Brookline, MA

•July 1st-3rd
"Ghomi, Nicolas, Mimy Trio"
free-jazz experience
Zurich, Switzerland

•July 17th
"The Journey of Phillis Wheatley"
by Nkeiru Okoye
Landmarks Orchestra
Boston Common @ 4pm & 5:30pm

•July 20th
"The Journey of Phillis Wheatley"
by Nkeiru Okoye
Landmarks Orchestra
Shirley Eutis House, Roxbury, @ 10:30am & 12 noon

•July 21st
"The Journey of Phillis Wheatley"
by Nkeiru Okoye
Landmarks Orchestra
Great Hall, Codman Square, Dorchester, @ 10:30 am & 12 noon

•February 9th-11th
Chie Imaizumi Orchestra
Dazzle, Colorado

•February 12th
Chie Imaizumi Orchestra
Album recording with Capri Record

•July 15th:
Concert Series at Franklin Park, Boston MA

•Setember- October 2006.
Trio Ghomi, Nicolas, Mimy concerts in Antananarivo Madagascar.
•March 16th, 2007:
Old Princeton landing
With Rockstone Players
460 Capristrano Road
Princeton by the sea, CA

•March 17th, 2007 (5pm):
Grant and Green Saloon
With Rockstone Players
1371 Grant Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133

•May 17th, 2007:
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
Wldlife Conservation Safari
Annual Spring Gala
New York, NY

•May 19th, 2007
ZINC BAR (time, tbd)
Malagasy Trio with Kilema, Rain-de
New York, NY

•May 26th, 2007
CREATIVE ALLIANCE
Malagasy Trio with Kilema, Rain-De
Baltimore, MD

•May 27th, 2007:
JOE'S PUB 7:30pm
Malagasy Trio with Kilema, Rain-De
Special Guest:
RAZIA SAID
New York, NY

•June 30th, 2007:
Ireland's 32
with Rockstone Players
San Francisco, CA

•July 5, 2007:
Rock-it Room
with Rockstone Players
San Francisco, CA


•July 6th, 2007: 9p.m
In San Francisco (private)


•July 7th, 2007: 12p.m
Friends of Live Earth Event
with Afterbuffalos
Chico, CA

•July 20, 2007:
Private Party
with Rockstone Players
Half Moon Bay, CA

•July 21st, 2007: 9p.m
Shanachie Pub
with Afterbuffalos
Willits, CA

•July 26, 2007:
Hotel Utah
with Rockstone Players
San Francisco, CA

•August 4th- 5th, 2007:
Oroville Music Festival
with Rockstone Players
Oroville, CA

•August 10th, 2007:
The Quarter Note
with Rockstone Players
Sunnyvale, CA