Derek Gripper
Guitarist, violist, and composer Derek Gripper has forged a career blending classical music with African folk traditions. The Cape Town-based musician first came to prominence in 2001 with the ensemble Sagtevlei, a collaboration with jazz accordionist and trumpeter Alex van Heerden and a string quartet. The group's spare deconstructions of South African music became known stylistically as "New Cape," a vision Gripper continued to follow on his first solo guitar release a year later. Over the coming decade Gripper continued to push the boundaries of classical guitar both on his own and with other iterations of Sagtevlei. He released an inspired collaboration with Indian tabla master Udai Mazumdar and had one of his pieces adapted by acclaimed string ensemble the Kronos Quartet. Gripper's 2012 LP One Night on Earth launched a new phase of his career as he adapted the complex music of the kora (as 21-string African harp) for solo classical guitar. In 2015, he released a second collection of kora adaptations called Libraries on Fire.
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Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 25 feb. 2022
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 20 okt. 2023
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Blue Light For Julian Bream (Mono 1/4 Inch Version)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 27 aug. 2021
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Fanta's Tita 1971 (Solo Guitar)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 18 feb. 2022
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Sleep Song, Part 9 (from Kaira)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 29 jul. 2022
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Sleep Song, Part 4 (from The Porcupine)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 26 aug. 2022
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Cassette Locale After Masanobu Fukuoka
Klassiek - Released by New Cape Records on 29 mrt. 2014
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Ana (Cello and Guitar)
Klassiek - Released by New Cape Records on 18 sep. 2020
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Sleep Song, Part 11 (from Tubaka)
Klassiek - Released by Platoon on 12 aug. 2022
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I Like the Motorcar
Wereldmuziek - Released by New Cape Records on 27 mrt. 2020
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Fanta and Felix (Cello and Guitar)
Klassiek - Released by New Cape Records on 2 okt. 2020
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Koortjie (Cello and Guitar)
Klassiek - Released by New Cape Records on 25 sep. 2020
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