FOLLOWING a sold out performance at the Fugard Theatre earlier this year, Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre present four solo piano concerts by global music icon Abdullah Ibrahim.
The concerts will take place from 20 to 22 October at 8pm and on Sunday 23 October at 4pm.
Hot on the heels of his much lauded appearance at the thirtieth annual Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway, these will be Ibrahim’s only other solo piano concerts in Cape Town this year.
The special performances will be a brand new presentation of new and older compositions spanning nearly seventy years of a remarkable career, which all began in Kensington and District Six at the age of seven.
Ibrahim is a distinguished pianist and a world-respected master musician.
Following his performance at the Oslo Jazz Festival, John Ephland, writing on allaboutjazz.com, described his performance as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime event’ and commented that his performance has: ‘…a certain signature soulfulness that can only come from living life rich and full. Full of feeling, rich in experience (patience).
“And yes, a solo piano recital may seem simple but to this listener it once again revealed how exposed a true artist makes himself when heart, gut and soul combine with a voice unlike any other in the jazz piano tradition’.
The new solo program transcends category, combining the intimate and the universal in a unique way. Senzo, the title of a previous album, means “Ancestor” in both Chinese and Japanese.
Senzo also echoes the name of Ibrahim’s Sotho father, in whose language the word translates as “Creator”.
“We are honoured to be hosting these rare and limited performances in Cape Town by Abdullah Ibrahim in the heart of his original home in District Six,” says Eric Abraham, founding producer and owner of the Fugard Theatre.
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