Event

Derek Gripper House Concert

Derek's album One Night on Earth created an unprecedented meeting point between the written tradition of Western classical music and the oral tradition of the West African griots.

Classical guitar legend John Williams said he thought it was absolutely impossible until I heard Derek Gripper do it. Toumani Diabaté himself asked for confirmation that it was indeed just one person playing one guitar. Both invited Derek to collaborate with them: Derek performed with Williams in Londons Shakespeares Globe and Kings Place, and with Diabaté and his Symmetric Orchestra at the Acoustik Festival Bamako, Mali. He also played with Trio da Kali at Carnegie Hall and won a Songlines Award for the best album in Africa and the Middle East. Derek tours regularly in the USA, Canada, Britain, Europe, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Australia, Malaysia, India and Mali. He has played some of the worlds most notable performance venues (most notably his 2016 solo show at Carnegie Hall) and Festivals.