Resume

  1. Personal information
    • Name: Girma Yifrashewa
    • Date of Birth: 15 October 1967
    • Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Nationality: Ethiopian
    • Marital Status: Married, two children
  2. Educational background
    • 1983-86: Addis Ababa Yared School of Music – graduated with an Advanced Diploma (majoring in Piano)
    • 1987-94: Sofia State Conservatory of Music – graduated with a Masters in Piano.
  3. Additional training
    • 1997: Royal Academy of Music, London, UK
    • 1999: Hochschule für Musik Und Theater – “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”, Leipzig, Germany
  4. Albums (CDs):
    • 2001: The Shepherd with the Flute: Interpretations of the works of – classical music - of famous composers like Debussy, Shumann, Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.
    • 2003: Meleya Keleme – a CD of Ethiopian Music with compositions by Girma Yifrashewa (piano and vocal) with the participation of two European musicians – a violinist and a Cellist
    • 2005: Elilta – a CD of new compositions by Girma Yifrashewa of Ethiopian Music presented in the western classical style. Piano solos, one quartet and a piece performed by a full orchestra – the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
  5. Concerts held and tours undertaken:
    Africa:
    • Numerous solo concerts held in :Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
    • February 2009: a piano recital at the Sheraton Addis French and Ethiopian Music classical music (Ethiopia)
    • May 2009: A multimedia Show at the Italian Cultural Institute: Based on the works of the late painter and poet GebreKristos Desta(Ethiopia)
    • 1997:In Egypt
    • 2002 and 2004: Two tours in countries of Eastern and Southern Africa (Djibouti, Seychelles, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (Harare and Bulawayo), Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa (Cape Town, Port Elizabeth & Johannesburg), Zambia, Malawi – Organized by Alliance Ethio-Française (French Cultural Centre)

    In Europe:

    • 2003: France and Germany to promote the CD Meleya Keleme
    • 2005: Germany and Ethiopia with the Leipzig Youth Symphony Orchestra in commemoration the 100th Anniversary of the commencement of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Germany.
    • March 2007: Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK – as the second event of the Local to Global Art Project
    • Other concerts held in Bulgaria, Italy, United Kingdom.

    Australia

    • 2002: (Melbourne, Ballarat).

    USA

    • April 2007: informal performance at the Howard University, Washington DC.
    • October 2009:,a performance based on African American music for the International Symposium and Festival “Africa Meets North America” University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
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