Les Kalimbas du Ventoux

January 2026

All the best wishes from the Ventoux kalimbas for 2026! Then at 0:23, the January motif in a duple meter using two doubled notes with the left thumb—a very interesting melodic sensation!

Alex à la kalimba

"Kalimbas en folie" concert as part of "Les Intimistes", Printemps du Monde festival, June 7, 2025.

Alex à la kalimba

Kalimba concert (and singing) on June 7, 2025 at Fort Gibron, Correns (83), Spring of the World festival

Institut français de Dakar, duo de kalimbas : Alioune + Alex

Le 20 mars 2025 à l'institut français de Dakar, 2 morceaux dans l'inspiration du moment, interprétés par Alioune Ndiaye et Alex Grothendieck : kalimbas.

Kalimbas à Cap Skirring

In the shop of Ousmane Gaye, known as Ali Baba, in the Cap Skirring Artisanal Village (Casamance, Senegal) on February 17, 2025, filmed by Cheikhouna Saliou. Ali Baba: bass kalimba, Alioune Ndiaye: kalimba, Alex Grothendieck: kalimba, vocals.

Musique à Djifenden

In Mbaye's hut, in the Djifenden district, Boucotte Wolof in Cap Skirring (Senegal, Casamance), February 19, 2025. Alioune Ndiaye, setting up his kalimbas, sings the traditional Mandingo song "Diarabi," accompanied by Demba Conté on guitar. Video by Alex Grothendieck.

Trio Alfredo Combo
A teaser from the Alfredo Combo trio with 5 tracks from their latest C.D.
On the track Etrange Chance, we can hear as guests: Matthieu Grothendieck (guitar), Hombeline and Mathias Autexier (backing vocals) as well as a kalimba part.

Here are the different steps necessary for making a Ventoux kalimba.
The music is taken from the CD “Just some sounds”, song “Chrysalis”

A pattern on a binary 3-beat rhythm, as already covered with other melodies in April 2021 and May 2022. Good music and happy holidays!<

A composition by Matthieu Grothendieck. This piece is taken from the CD "Just a few sounds", to be found on la boutique

François d'Avignon came to visit the kalimbas of Ventoux in Villes sur Auzon, the occasion of this musical duo Tibetan bowl / kalimba.
The tuning of the kalimba is in akebono (Asian 5-note scale), E, F#, G, B, C, E, F#, G, B, C, E.
See this link to the site of "the gardener's hut": Tibetan singing bowls

17-note Kalimba with walnut table, the scale used is the C major pentatonic: C, D, E, Fa, Sol, A, B, C ... etc, up to high E on the right.

Wess at the Ventoux kalimba workshop

The kalimbas of Ventoux have just completed a series of kalimbas, electro-acoustic models. Mosso rings one on the Hiwatt.