Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Spielt Eigene Kompositionen
Mississippi Records
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2019
LP
25.99
MRP025
2022 repress
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Tracklist
1The Homeless Wanderer
2The Last Tears Of The Deceased
3A Young Girls Complaint
4The Mad Man's Laughter
5Presentiment

A most unusual & stunning album. Tsege Mariam Gebru is an Ethiopian nun who has dedicated her life to helping others. She has been composing and playing music on the piano since the 1960s. Her music is a unique mix of Western classcial music in the vein of Erik Satie, Ethiopian music and Religious Christian meditation music. On this reissue of her first LP, originally released in Germany in a very small pressing, we find Tsege Mariam Gebru playing her own compositions solo on piano. She plays with restrained grace & purity. The record invites repeated listening well and is filled with spiritual warmth.

Emahoy is now 98 years old and still lives in Jerusalem. She continues to play, and the funds from her work go to the righteous causes to which she has dedicated her life.