 On 1988 Johannes Beer took Famoudou Konaté to Germany forming the "Ensemble Moderne".By the end of 1988, in Berlin, with the "Famoudou Konaté Ensemble", formed and managed by the legendary drumming duo from Berlin, "Djembe Tubabu" (Silvia Kronewald and Paul Engel).In the year 2000, Konaté was invited to the United States for the first time as an independent artist by the .