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
África - Editado por Globe Music el 03-03-2017
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One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
World music - Editado por New Cape Records el 30-01-2013
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Saturday Morning in Boston (Cello & Guitar)
Clásica - Editado por New Cape Records el 16-10-2020
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Derek Gripper Plays Arvo Pärt (Guitar Solo)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 16-04-2021
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Bach Sonatas and Partitas: 2017 Session
Clásica - Editado por New Cape Records el 22-09-2018
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Libraries on Fire
World music - Editado por New Cape Records el 22-12-2015
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Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 10-11-2023
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Live In Cape Town (Live)
World music - Editado por Guy Buttery Music el 05-03-2021
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One Night On Earth (Live in Concert)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 04-03-2022
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Toumani's Jarabi 1987 (Solo Guitar)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 18-02-2022
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Ninkoy
Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
World music - Editado por Platoon el 12-04-2024
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The Sound of Water
Clásica - Editado por New Cape Records el 07-01-2014
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II, Allemande (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 03-11-2023
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'56 Live in Cape Town (Duo Version Live in Concert)
World music - Editado por Platoon el 21-04-2023
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Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 25-02-2022
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Clásica - Editado por Platoon el 20-10-2023
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