It has been said that the late Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou’s work is lyrical blues piano with intricate rhythmic phrasing.
Guèbrou’s music has also appeared in mainstream media, including the “Coming Home” Amazon commercial, the 2020 documentary Time, and the 2021 Netflix film Passing.
To aid poor youngsters in studying music, the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Foundation was created in Africa and the Washington, D.C., region.
Before her 90th birthday, when three memorial concerts were organized in Jerusalem in her honor, she had led a solitary existence for three decades, performing very seldom.
She was the focus of “The Honky Tonk Nun,” a BBC Radio 4 documentary that aired in April 2017. Compilations like The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia and The Rough Guide to African Lullabies have memorialized her musical legacy.
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Ethiopian nun AtEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou was well-known for her piano skills and compositions.
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou died in Jerusalem at the age of 99, leaving behind a magnificent musical legacy.
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