Mandawuy Yunupingu was born as Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu on September 17, 1956 in Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, an Aboriginal reserve in the northeastern part of the Northern Territory. Across cultures, across languages, across thousands of years of history, even singing in a dialect only spoken by a couple hundred people, he could always make you feel.". The Yolngu artists daughter Jasmine and brother Johnno travelled with Skinnyfish Music creative director Michael Hohnen for the event in Sydney on Wednesday This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. ", Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society, "2009 Helpmann Awards Nominees & Winners", "Gurrumul Is The 2022 NIMA Hall Of Fame Inductee", Video of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performing, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Gurrumul_Yunupingu&oldid=1150160742, Articles with dead external links from August 2012, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. He was immensely proud of what we achieved on this album and it is an emotional experience for all of us to present this final enormous chapter in his story with this musical statement., Hohnen said on Sunday, on confirmation the album had gone to number one, that Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) was a testament to this great Australian and his family, all Yolngu and the greater Aboriginal population. Dr G Yunupingu also gave back to his community as the driving force behind the G Yunupingu Foundation, creating opportunities for young people across the Northern Territory. A tribute to Gurrumul at the 2018 ARIA Awards in Sydney. Djarimirri, Gurrumuls final album, and Gurrumul, theengrossing film documentary about the Territory artists life, turned out to be two of the most outstanding pieces of art released this year. WebView 2 Jasmine Yunupingu Pictures Also Appearing: Rita Ora, Keith Urban, Amy Shark, Kasey Chambers, Luke Hemmings Source: Getty Images 32nd Annual ARIA Awards 2018 - The estate of late Yolu musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will be handled by the Northern Territory governments public trustee, following a decision by the NT Supreme Court.
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