Mola Sylla’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Mola Sylla (born Dakar, Senegal, 1956) is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma (Senegalese lamellophone), xalam, and kalimba.

Sylla has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, including in jazz and cross-cultural settings. He has worked with Ernst Reijseger, with whom he composed the score to Werner Herzog’s 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder.

He is a founding member of the groups Senemali (a collaboration between Senegalese and Malian musicians) and VeDaKi (formerly Vershki da Koreshki, a quartet made up of Senegalese, Russian, and Indian musicians).

Discography

With Vershki Da Koreshki

• Vershki da Koreshki (Al Sur, 1996)
• Real Life of Plants (Shanachie, 1997)

With Vedaki

• Gombi Zor (Vedaki Records, 1999)
• Samm (Vedaki Records, 2008)

With Volkovtrio

• Much Better (Green Wave Records, 1998)

With Vladimir Volkov

• Seetu/Mirror/Зеркало (Long Arms Records, 2002)

With Ernst Reijseger

• Janna (Winter & Winter, 2003)
• Requiem for a Dying Planet (Winter & Winter, 2006)

With Ernst Reijseger and Harmen Fraanje

• Down Deep (Winter & Winter, 2013)
• Count til Zen (Winter & Winter, 2015)