{"id":103,"date":"2013-04-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-06-07T02:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T02:41:10","slug":"achilla-orru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/eventscat\/concerts\/achilla-orru\/","title":{"rendered":"Achilla Orru: Apr 7, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1Achilla.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1Achilla.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1Achilla.png 715w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1Achilla-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Batuki Music Society presents<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a Tribute to the King of Lokembe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">Achilla Orru Apaa-Idomo<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 700px; height: 93px;\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 60px;\">Sunday, April 7, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 60px;\">entry 7 PM | show 8 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lula.ca\/lula-lounge\/directions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lula Lounge<\/a> 1585 Dundas St. W, Toronto<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\">By donation: $20 suggested minimum<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">All proceeds benefit The Achilla Orru Memorial Fund.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 700px; height: 530px;\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1362\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1-634x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1-768x1241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/star-1.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec.15, 2008 Achilla Orru is a blind musician from Uganda and came to Canada as a refugee in 1989. He has played his grandfathers African thumb piano since he was a child. Has released several CD&rsquo;s since 1997. Toronto Star\/Michael Stuparyk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\">Toronto artists and musicians join together to pay tribute to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/facts-and-arguments\/lives-lived-achilla-orru-apaa-idomo-54\/article9931654\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Achilla Orru Apaa-Idomo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\">This extraordinary gathering of so many talented artists at the Lula is a fitting homage to Achilla who touched the lives of many with his music in Toronto, Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 30px;\">The line up of performers includes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 30px;\">Baana Afrique (Achilla\u2019s band)<br \/>\nAfrican Guitar Summit<br \/>\nNjacko Backo &amp; Ann Lederman<br \/>\nNhapitapi Mbira<br \/>\nLizzy Mahashe\/Kobena Aquaa-Harrison<br \/>\nRuth Mathiang<br \/>\nSani Abu of Ijovudu Dance<br \/>\nKwame Stephens<br \/>\nKatenen \u2018Cheka\u2019 Dioubate<br \/>\nSubway Friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\">Born in Uganda, and blind at childhood, Achilla was the finest musician that ever played the simple lukeme, a hand-held wooden box instrument with keys made from flattened bicycle spokes (also known as likembe, mbira, kalimba, sanza or simply thumb piano).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;\">Achilla passed away on February 4, 2013 in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 8pt;\">&lt; in 2008 with his grandfather&rsquo;s thumb piano.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/tickets-external?eid=2652611031&amp;ref=etckt&amp;v=2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"230\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"5\" marginheight=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 9pt;\">Ongoing donations can also be made at any branch of Bank of Montreal, account number: 00022-3941-436<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 9pt;\">The Karibuni radio program on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciut.fm\/shows\/music-shows\/karibuni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CIUT 89.5FM<\/a> Toronto, with host Nadine McNulty, special co-host Opiyo Oloya &amp; invited guests &#8211; Godfrey Sekijoba, Doriann Forrester, Lina Allemano, Shelly Coopersmith, &amp; Njacko Backo, honour Achilla in a broadcast on February 10, 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/Karibuni-Orru&amp;playlist=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 9pt;\">In 2009, Achilla received the <a title=\"Pioneers for Change\" href=\"http:\/\/skillsforchange.typepad.com\/npa_arts\/2010\/12\/2009-king-archilla-orru-apaa-idomo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pioneers for Change<\/a> Arts Award from Skills for Change, an organisation championing the accomplishments of new Canadians for over 20 years &#8211; here is his video profile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GD-EHA-9a64?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GD-EHA-9a64?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batuki Music Society presents a Tribute to the King of Lokembe Achilla Orru Apaa-Idomo Sunday, April 7, 2013 entry 7 PM | show 8 PM Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W, Toronto By donation: $20 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2013-events","category-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3319,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/3319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}