{"id":30600,"date":"2016-11-25T09:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/cecile-kayirebwa-entertains-fans-as-she-clocks-70\/"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:42:02","slug":"cecile-kayirebwa-entertains-fans-as-she-clocks-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cecile-kayirebwa-entertains-fans-as-she-clocks-70\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9cile Kayirebwa entertains fans as she clocks 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{C\u00e9cile Kayirebwa, a Rwandan female singer has held concert at Kigali Serena Hotel dubbed \u2018Igitaramo-Celebration\u2019 as she celebrated 70 years. }<\/p>\n<p>The folk music legend who celebrated her birthday on 20th November 2016 with 30 years of performing traditional music reminded lovers of her music that her songs trace back to her father. <\/p>\n<p>Kayirebwa\u2019s concert was a panoramic tale of how Rwandans would hold folktales with  various artists showing  their talents including poetry, singing and traditional troupe dance for leisure. <\/p>\n<p>The concert was attended by relatives, government officials including senator, Tito Rutaremara, veteran and underground musicians and lovers of Rwanda\u2019s music in general.  The artistes included Masamba , Muyango , Mariya Yohana, Eric 1Key, Jules Sentore, and Deo Munyakazi among others. <\/p>\n<p>Kayirebwa said that the concert she held in Serena Hotel was a good opportunity to contemplate the legacy inherited from her father. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven my father was a passionate musician. We would enjoy music at home as he sang for us. We were born 12 children and he used to call us his disciples.  He seem to have guessed that I will too become a singer when he named me C\u00e9cile.  Cecilia was the leader of World Musicians and I too was directed in the same way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kayirebwa performed her songs like; None twaza, Iwacu, Rwanda, and Tarihinda    with which fans chorused with her. <\/p>\n<p>Cecile Kayirebwa, 70, spends most of her time in Belgium where she lives. 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