Elilta, Ethiopian Classical Music by Girma Yifrashewa
All 6 tracks can be sampled at AfriClassical.com
Elilta, Track 1, Sound Sample:
http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/BMCGirmaElilta.mp3
http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/BMCGirmaElilta.mp3
Girma Yifrashewa
Tommy McCutchon of Unseen Worlds Records tells us Girma Yifrashewa will perform on June 8, 2013 in Brooklyn and on July 26, 2013 in Seattle, and is also available for other tour dates.
Girma Yifrashewa has an informative website at: http://www.GirmaYifrashewa.com He is an Ethiopian pianist and composer who has been profiled at AfriClassical.com
for many years, and has often been featured on AfriClassical.
He was born in Addis Ababa October 15, 1967. As a youth he played the
kirar, an Ethiopian instrument. On his first day of music school, at
age 16, he saw a piano for the first time. Girma endured severe
hardships while earning his Master's degree in Piano Performance in
Sofia, Bulgaria, but persevered. Subsequently he became the first
Ethiopian classical pianist to perform widely in Africa. Girma played
in 11 countries on his debut tour of Africa, and has since performed
often in Europe, Australia, the U.S. and elsewhere.
We continue to take pleasure from Girma's 2006 CD Elilta.
AfriClassical.com is proud to have a 1-minute audio sample of each of
the 6 tracks on the recording. Four are solo piano; one is a quartet;
and one is an orchestral work with the Sofia Philharmonic, conducted by
Dian Tchobanov. Hear them at the Yifrashewa page or the Audio page.
With this CD, Girma Yifrashewa has demonstrated the feasibility of
incorporating Ethiopian themes within Western classical forms.
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