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Girma Yifrashewa
Ethiopian classical pianist (born 1967)
Musical artist
Girma Yifrashewa (born 1967) is an Ethiopian classical pianist and composer. He is director of the Ashenafi Kebede Performing Arts Centre of the Addis Ababa University.[1]
Early life and education
Yifrashewa was born in Addis Ababa in 1967.[2] In his childhood he played the krar, a traditional harp from Ethiopia.[3] At the age of sixteen Yifrashewa entered the Yared School of Music, where he began to learn piano.[4] In 1986 Yifrashewa began studying at the Bulgarian State Conservatory.[2][3] He lost his scholarship in 1989 when the Bulgarian Communist Party lost power following the revolutions of 1989.[1] Yifrashewa spent two years in Italy and returned to the Conservatory in 1991 to finish his studies, funded by the Irish Christian Brothers.[5][1]
Career
Yifrashewa gave his first public concert at the Italia