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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Mali in Oak
Africa - Released by Globe Music on Mar 3, 2017
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One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
World - Released by New Cape Records on Jan 30, 2013
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Saturday Morning in Boston (Cello & Guitar)
Classical - Released by New Cape Records on Oct 16, 2020
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Derek Gripper Plays Arvo Pärt (Guitar Solo)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Apr 16, 2021
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Bach Sonatas and Partitas: 2017 Session
Classical - Released by New Cape Records on Sep 22, 2018
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Libraries on Fire
World - Released by New Cape Records on Dec 22, 2015
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Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1
Classical - Released by Platoon on Nov 10, 2023
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Live In Cape Town (Live)
World - Released by Guy Buttery Music on Mar 5, 2021
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One Night On Earth (Live in Concert)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Mar 4, 2022
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Toumani's Jarabi 1987 (Solo Guitar)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Feb 18, 2022
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Ninkoy
Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
World - Released by Platoon on Apr 12, 2024
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The Sound of Water
Classical - Released by New Cape Records on Jan 7, 2014
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II, Allemande (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Nov 3, 2023
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'56 Live in Cape Town (Duo Version Live in Concert)
World - Released by Platoon on Apr 21, 2023
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Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Feb 25, 2022
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Classical - Released by Platoon on Oct 20, 2023
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