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Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1977, Derek Gripper is a composer, arranger, and virtuoso guitarist. He is known for his groundbreaking technique of evoking the West African kora on solo guitar, creates an unprecedented meeting point between the written tradition of Western classical music and the oral tradition of the West African griots.