The classically trained jazz pianist fled dictatorship in Ethiopia.
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Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
The two violins constructed by the researchers.
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African wood species are clearly suitable to make violins. They produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly different sound.
Professor James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021).
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South Africa’s greatest composer was uniquely shaped by his early years of singing at traditional Zulu weddings and working in jazz bands and church choirs.
Sibongile Khumalo performing in New York, 2007.
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Both choirs and classical music were childhood influences on a stellar career that would leave behind major new recordings in these areas.