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 - Pubblicato da Globe Music il 3 mar 2017
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One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
World music - Pubblicato da New Cape Records il 30 gen 2013
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Saturday Morning in Boston (Cello & Guitar)
Classica - Pubblicato da New Cape Records il 16 ott 2020
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Derek Gripper Plays Arvo Pärt (Guitar Solo)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 16 apr 2021
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Bach Sonatas and Partitas: 2017 Session
Classica - Pubblicato da New Cape Records il 22 set 2018
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Libraries on Fire
World music - Pubblicato da New Cape Records il 22 dic 2015
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Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 10 nov 2023
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Live In Cape Town (Live)
World music - Pubblicato da Guy Buttery Music il 5 mar 2021
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One Night On Earth (Live in Concert)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 4 mar 2022
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Toumani's Jarabi 1987 (Solo Guitar)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 18 feb 2022
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Ninkoy
Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
World music - Pubblicato da Platoon il 12 apr 2024
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The Sound of Water
Classica - Pubblicato da New Cape Records il 7 gen 2014
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Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II, Allemande (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 3 nov 2023
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'56 Live in Cape Town (Duo Version Live in Concert)
World music - Pubblicato da Platoon il 21 apr 2023
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Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 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)
Classica - Pubblicato da Platoon il 20 ott 2023
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