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Carlo has entered a collaboration with French musician Jean Louis Mechiali whose school 'lutheries urbaines' (urban instrument makers) is attracting global significance through the support of the Alliance Francaise.

Alliance Francaise have supported successful projects in Mozambique and the Congo and are currently piloting one in Gauteng.

Carlo is conducting a project in Mamelodi and Soweto of approximately twenty students per class. One class per week. The two classes will come together for a collaborative workshop in February, preparing for the arrival of Jean-Louis and his team. They will be bringing all sorts of extraordinary instruments constructed from recyclable material, such as a piano!

I attended one of Carlo's classes in Mamelodi. It was uplifting to my spirits as well as the students for the music they played was complex and the instruments simple. Plastic bottles were used for percussion, brass pipes as bells and wire cases as foot stampers and body percussion. For professionals in the audience such as Piet van de Erve (africandrumming.co.za) it was a learning experience to see delightful multiple rhythms interlaced with the exuberance of youth and learning.

Carlo Mombelli is always at the center of his class combing individual attention to each member together with his brilliant perception of the goal of their efforts. Carlo loves music and is therefore a shining light of inspiration.