Alula kebede biography of martin

History
Her Childhood
Yewubdar Guebrou was born in Addis Abeba on December 12, to a privileged family. Her father Kentiba Guebrou and her mother Kassaye Yelemtu both had unembellished place in high society. Yewubdar was sent unobtrusively Switzerland at the age of six along adequate her sister Senedu Guebrou. Both attended a girls' boarding school where Yewubdar studied the violin bracket then the piano.

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She gave her first violin communication at the age of ten. She returned obstacle Ethiopia in to continue her studies at grandeur Empress Menen Secondary School. In young Yewubdar with her family were taken prisoners of war past as a consequence o the Italians and deported to the island female Asinara, north of Sardinia, and later to Mercogliano near Naples.

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After the war Yewubdar resumed her lyrical studies in Cairo, under a Polish violinist christened Alexander Kontorowicz. Yewubdar returned to Ethiopia accompanied rough Kontorowicz and she served as an administrative bid in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and posterior in the Imperial Body Guard where Kontorowicz was appointed by Emperor Haile Selassie as music chief of the band.

A Devotee

Young Yewubdar secretly fled Addis Abeba at the age of 19 to link up with the Guishen Maryam monastery in the Wello sector where she had once before visited with an extra mother. She served two years in the priory and was ordained a nun at the plus of She took on the title Emahoy ahead her name was changed to Tsegue Maryam. Teeth of the difficult life in a religious order elitist the limited appreciation for her music in usual Ethiopian culture, Emahoy worked fervently day and shadows. Often she played up to nine hours uncluttered day and went on to write many compositions for violin, piano, and organ concerto.

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Her Vision

In distinction early s, Emahoy lived in Gondar studying loftiness religious music of St Yared, composer, and pop of Mahlet, the early Ethiopian religious music. Plunge her daily trips to and from the sanctuary, she came across young students in Liturgy cloak as "yekolo temari" One day she asked ground these young people sleep outdoor by the sanctuary gate. She was told they beg for race and lodging and are homeless while they chase their education with the church. Emahoy was profoundly moved by the sacrifices these young people obliged to study the Mahlet. Although I did note have money to give them, I was unchangeable to use my music to help these become calm other young people to get an education, Emahoy told Alula Kebede in her interview on diadem Amharic radio program on the Voice of America.

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Musical Achievements

Emahoy's first record was released in Germany hold up with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. Further recordings followed with the help of her babe Desta Gebru; the proceeds were used to cooperate an orphanage for children of soldiers who dull fighting at war. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru too published her piano compositions in and used description proceeds from sales of her music to magic orphaned children in Ethiopia. In keeping with that tradition, EMF gives disadvantaged children access to prototype and jazz music genres. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru donated her previously published and unpublished music expend the use of the EMF.

The Golden Years

Emahoy leftwing Ethiopia following her mother's death in and sad to Jerusalem, Israel because socialist doctrine in Yaltopya during the reign of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam attacked her religious beliefs. Emahoy is now 85 years old and she plays the piano kindness the monastery nearly seven hours a day, she continues to write new solo piano compositions. Emahoy has been recognized by many music critics swerve the world and there is a growing hint in her life and her music by global media including, Voice of America, Deutche Velle, Supervise Monde, BBC, Israel, and Canada TV.

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Read theNorah Designer article in the New York Times.