Garikayi Tirikoti (born 29 April 1961) is a Zimbabwean Mbira player, instrument maker, composer, arranger and teacher of mbira music. Tirikoti is credited as the first to develop the 'mbira orchestra' where differently pitched and differently tuned mbiras are combined in a single performance.[citation needed] He has also been recognized for his Shona mbira creations, better known as thumb pianos.[1] His 2003 album Maidei was described by the Portland Phoenix as having "amazing speed and precision" with "overdubbing to build a complex mesh of mbira lines and rich choral passages of call-and-response".[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Pearson, Kirk (11 April 2018). "The 21st Century Orchestra: Garikayi Tirikoti's Telephone to God". Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Portland Phoenix". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ Miller, Bruce (27 November 2003). "Garikayi Tirikoti". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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