Derek Gripper @ Lucit
Sun Dec 17, 12:30 - Sun Dec 17, 16:30
Lucit Restaurant
ABOUT
It took Derek Gripper untold hours of painstaking work to transcribe note-for-note the complex compositions of Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate and find a way of playing them on classical six-string guitar. The results appeared on his ninth album, One Night on Earth, marking a meeting point of the written tradition of Western classical music and the oral tradition of the West African griots.Critical acclaim was quick to follow. Classical guitar legend John Williams said he thought it was “absolutely impossible until I heard Derek Gripper do it”. Toumani Diabate himself asked for confirmation that it was indeed just one person playing one guitar. Both immediately invited Derek to collaborate with them, Williams at three different concerts in London, and Diabate at the Acoustik Festival Bamako, Mali. Derek went on to tour the world continuously for the last three years, playing Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 and his Royal Albert Hall debut to receive his Songlines Award for Best Album Africa and Middle East in 2017.
Pairing this performance of Northern African music, Chef Gideon designed the following menu which he will serve from 12:30
Menu
Menu
Hors d'ouvre: Accara (black bean fritters with Fish)
Starter: Flatbread and hummus
Mains: Tiguandege Na (one of the main dishes in Mali comprising roasted sesame seed sauce and beef, served on couscous or rice, with ginger sweet potatoes and sweated cabbage and chickpea salad.
Dessert: Semolina citrus CakeBackground music by Willene Botha on the Steinway
Background music by Willene Botha on the Steinway
Time: 12:30 tot 14:30 - Lunch
14:30 tot 15:30 – concert
Cost: R 200 for lunch and concert
Seats at the back of the theater are available at R 130 per person.
Vegetarians must contact chef Gideon on 083 306 2830
Cash bar available
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Derek Gripper @ Lucit
Lucit Restaurant
217 Soutpansberg Rd, Rietondale, Pretoria, 0084, South Africa
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