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  • Born in Addis Ababa in 1967, Girma Yifrashewa is a worthy new torchbearer of African pianism.
  • The pianist who has two classical CDs to his credit and has toured widely in Africa and elsewhere grew up playing a traditional Ethiopian string instrument.
  • Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Girma Yifrashewa is a worthy new torchbearer of African pianism.

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    [Elilta (Cry of Joy): Ethiopian Classical Music by Girma Yifrashewa; Elilta (7:06), Ambassel (9:40), Chewata (9:31), Sememen (9:50), My Strong Will (7:32), The Shepherd with the Flute (8:50); Girma Yifrashewa, piano; Doroteya Dimitrova, violin; Lyubomir Nikov, cello; Mikhail Zhivkov, clarinet; Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Dian Tchobanov, Conductor; Balkan Multimedia Center (2006)]

    Girma Yifrashewa is an Ethiopian pianist and composer who has been profiled at AfriClassical.com for several years, and has often been featured on AfriClassical Blog. 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

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    The five-star Sheraton Addis Hotel, known for hosting high-level events, usually reserves its biggest ballroom, named after Ethiopia’s rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, for big gatherings. The ballroom has a capacity of accommodating more than 1,000 people on occasions such as cocktail receptions. The organizers of Girma Yifrashewa’s piano concert, held on 16 June 2016, have therefore picked no other venue than this spacious ballroom.

    Organizing a concert in such a luxurious venue, in a country like Ethiopia, which favors contemporary and pop music than classical and piano pieces, takes a courageous decision. And it would not be odd, judging from the eye-watering ticket price (nearly US$50), to assume a low turnout of the event. But even as the doors opened after an hour’s delay, seats were taken in no time. If any reminder is needed, the star of the night was Girma Yifrashewa, the acclaimed Ethiopian classical pianist who is as much treasured abroad as he in his

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    Unseen Worlds presents new recordings of solo piano pieces by Ethiopian composer Girma Yifrashewa, the first release of Yifrashewa's music outside of Africa. Born in Addis Ababa in 1967, Girma Yifrashewa is a worthy new torchbearer of African pianism. His highly personalized approach to the piano likens him to Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam, while his use of Ethiopian pentatonic scale within the Western Art Music format places his compositions in conversation with more academically minded work. Traditionally Ethiopian in melody, cinematic in vision, and deep in beauty, his compositions occupy a lyrical middle ground between classical and jazz that is supremely listenable yet defies easy classific