Dawit Yifru
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Dawit Yifru is a renowned Ethiopia
n keyboardist
and music arranger
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Dawit is the founding member and chairman of the Board of the Ethiopian Musicians Association. This group was set up in the early 2000s to help pass the country's first copyright law.
He is primary known for this long tenure performing with Roha Band, which had dominated contemporary Ethiopian music in the early 1980s and 1990s. He has also worked with other bands including Dahelak bands.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
and music arranger
Arranger
In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
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Dawit is the founding member and chairman of the Board of the Ethiopian Musicians Association. This group was set up in the early 2000s to help pass the country's first copyright law.
He is primary known for this long tenure performing with Roha Band, which had dominated contemporary Ethiopian music in the early 1980s and 1990s. He has also worked with other bands including Dahelak bands.