Maya Dunietz & Friends: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
at Purcell Room, London
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Hear treasures from Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou’s unique song collection in Amharic, French and English, composed between 1940 and 1980, and arrangements for string ensemble and piano by Dunietz.
In 2006, Dunietz became familiar with the works of Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, and was so affected that she sought out the composer in a monastery in Jerusalem.
Two years later, the pair began to collaborate, leading to Dunietz seeking to make the composer’s works better known – which she continues to do following Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou’s death in 2023.
Dunietz celebrated the composer’s work and life here at the Southbank Centre as part of our Sound Within Sound festival in July 2024.
Maya Dunietz
"Maya Dunietz is one of the most gifted and resourceful musicians on the Israeli alternative music scene. She plays with local alternative bands including HaBiluim and Midnight Peacocks, takes part in John Zorn's Cobra musical game, leads the avant Givo'l choir, jams in New York with such forward-thinking musicians as trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum, harpist Zeena Parkins and guitarist Mary Halverson and, in Europe, with Na Maquina Quartet, featuring drummer Steve Noble and bass player Marcio Mattos.” – All About Jazz.…
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Purcell Room
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
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