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
Afrika - Erschienen bei Globe Music am 03.03.2017
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One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
World Music - Erschienen bei New Cape Records am 30.01.2013
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Saturday Morning in Boston (Cello & Guitar)
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Cape Records am 16.10.2020
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Derek Gripper Plays Arvo Pärt (Guitar Solo)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 16.04.2021
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Bach Sonatas and Partitas: 2017 Session
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Cape Records am 22.09.2018
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Libraries on Fire
World Music - Erschienen bei New Cape Records am 22.12.2015
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Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 10.11.2023
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Live In Cape Town (Live)
World Music - Erschienen bei Guy Buttery Music am 05.03.2021
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One Night On Earth (Live in Concert)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 04.03.2022
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Toumani's Jarabi 1987 (Solo Guitar)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 18.02.2022
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Ninkoy
Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
World Music - Erschienen bei Platoon am 12.04.2024
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The Sound of Water
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Cape Records am 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)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 03.11.2023
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'56 Live in Cape Town (Duo Version Live in Concert)
World Music - Erschienen bei Platoon am 21.04.2023
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Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 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)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 20.10.2023
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