Steve Smith of The New York Times reviews Ethiopian pianist-composer Girma Yifrashewa's performance of his own works and Western classical repertoire.
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ISSUE and Unseen Worlds present a rare North American performance by Ethiopia's most famous living pianist and composer, Girma Yifrashewa. A highly accomplished performer, Yifrashewa performs works by Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, and Mozart, as well as a set of his own compositions informed by Ethiopian harmonies.