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Girma Beyene was one of the arrangers who made the Ethiopian music of the Golden Era different than the music of today.

He was a lyricist, a music writer, an arranger, a vocalist, an accomplished pianist and finally a bandleader.

Girma Beyene was among a few musicians that put their mark and excelled in the Ethiopian music industry.

Girma Beyene is credited to having arranged close to 65 titles, compared to Mulatu's Girma left a handful of recordings as a vocalist, but it was as an.

Born in Addis Ababa, Girma Beyene completed his primary education at the Nativity Catholic Cathedral School.

Profile: Ethiopian pianist and keyboardist, composer, arranger, and band leader.

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To most, if any name comes to mind with the word arranger, it is probably that of Mulatu Astatke. Yet, according to Ethiopiques Series producer Francis Falceto*, in the heyday of vinyl records, Girma Beyene is credited to having arranged close to 65 titles, compared to Mulatu's 40.

Girma left a handful of recordings as a vocalist, but it was as an arranger and pianist that he is fondly remembered today.

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