Plein Air Concert: Maya Kamaty

As part of our Plein Air Series, we are very proud to welcome Maya Kamaty for a concert full of rythms and energy.

As her music will set the pace for the French summer from Paris to Marseille, we’re delighted to welcome her before she leaves.

Join your fellow Francophiles and music enthusiasts over a glass of French wine in our lovely jewel-box courtyard. Close your eyes and let her voice transport you across the Atlantic Ocean.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m**.** Concert starts at 6:30. French wine will be offered throughout the evening. Non-alcoholic options will be available.
In the event of inclement weather, the program will move indoors to the Eleanor Wood Prince Salon.

*Reserve early! Seating is limited in our intimate courtyard.

About Maya Kamaty

Maya Kamaty is one of the new generation expanding the horizons of La Réunion’s traditional song form, maloya. Born out of the oppression of enslaved African and Malagasy peoples brought to work the island’s sugar plantations, it became a defiant symbol of identity and was thus banned by the authorities until 1981. Maya Kamaty’s father, Gilbert Pounia, was one of the spearhead artists in the music’s liberation with his band Ziskakan, into whose ranks Maya was enlisted at an early age as a backing singer. Putting music aside as a teenager, she rediscovered the importance of her Creole roots while a student in France, returning to the island to form her own band and write the songs for her impressive debut album, Santié Papang, successfully combining maloya rhythms with acoustic instruments and global electronic influences.

Maya Kamaty toured from Canada to Europe and opened the prestigious Vieilles Charrues festival in July 2021.

Her latest EP, “Sovaz”, is the expression of a woman who assumes herself as such. For this new opus, which she defines as “Kreol Urban pop”, Maya Kamaty collaborates with artist, composer, beatmaker Sskyron and guitarist Adrien Pigeat (arrangements), in a minimalist formula, at the cutting edge of current urban creation, with refined forays into hip hop, trap and atmospheric pop, she offers a repertoire of formidable effectiveness and rare depth.

Get Here

The Alliance Française de Chicago is one block from the Chicago Red Line stop. Best bus routes are the 22 on Clark and the 66 on Chicago.

Parking Information

$12 for 12 hours at InterPark (100 W Chestnut St). Validation is available at reception.