Girum Mezmur
Girum Mezmur is a guitarist who has grown to become one of the leading musicians in the current Ethiopian music scene. For the past decade, Girum has been a mainstay in Addis Ababa’s live music scene as a guitarist and producer in the city’s recording circuit. Girum has also contributed significantly to the development of young talents by serving as an instructor at music schools in Addis. He has conducted several solo and group educational workshops in Ethiopia, as well as other African countries including Burundi, Djibouti, and Ghana. Since 2013 Girum has been an integral part of the teaching staff of the Global Music Academy (GMA) which is developing an innovative new curriculum for African music.
As a guitarist, Girum has performed with the Who’s Who of Ethiopian music including Aster Awoke, Tewodros Tadesse, Ali Birra, Teddy Afro, and Mahmoud Ahmed. He has also worked with renowned international artists such as Ray Lema, Angelique Kidjo, and Ali Keita on various occasions.
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Girum and Alhousseini met during a festival in 2005 and kept in contact ever since, till the idea to work together came up. We rehearsed together and organized a very successful concert. We call this collaboration the pan African pentatonic project. It is a creative fusion of desert blues and “ethio jazz” involving guitars and traditional instruments like the masinko and krar from Ethiopia, calebash and music bow from Niger. We continue this collaboration in 2019 with more concerts in three different African countries including more recording.