On Sunday 15th May, 2011 at 6 p.m. the Brand Ambassador of Percussion,
Goa’s very own Bondo, will interact with the youth at Don Bosco School,
Panjim. He will talk on the evolution of his music and demonstrate the
international range of percussion instruments that he uses.
Bondo has played with an array of some of the top Indian as well as
international music virtuosos. Remarkable and imaginative, his rhythmic
genius has left a mark in countries all over the world. On the Jazz and
Latin scene he has performed with some of the top musicians like Louis
Banks, George Duke, Al Jarreau, George Brooks, Paco De Lucia’s Band, Rao
kyao, Boston Art, Embryo, Dom Chacal, Earl Klugh, Ravi Coltrane, Dulce
Pontes, Anita Malik etc. Bondo has shared his magic with Flamenco giants
like Vincent Amigo, Bela Fleck, Tino de Geraldo, Raphael Requine,
Manollo Sanlucar, Henrique Morente, Ketama, Wagner Tisu, and Pedro Joia
besides having had the privilege of performing with the greatest Masters
of Flamenco Dance like Joaquim Cortez, Antonio Canales and Belen
Fernandes. In China he played with a 70 piece Orchestra led by Chinese
Maestro won ki Wai.
In India too, Bondo has performed the best in the music industry with
Indian Classical maestros like Ustad Sultan Khan, Pandit Ronu Mazumdar,
Ustad Zakir Hussain, T.A.S. Mani, Ustad Rais Khan, Ranjit Barot, Braz
Gonsalves, Asha Bhonsle, Hari Haran, Shivamani, Rama Mani, Master Vikku
Vinayakram, Faizal Qureshi, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Loy, Bohanni
Shankar, Salva Ganesh, Anu Malik, Shravan, Ismail Darbar, Daler Mehendi,
Bali Bhrambhat, Rageshwari, Remo, Hema Sardesai and Shann. Bondo has
recorded more than 60 albums worldwide.
Entry for the programme is free. You are invited to bring your own
percussion instrument and jam with Bondo after the demonstration. The
programme is supported by Department of Art and Culture and Don Bosco
School. Any contributions made at the programme will go towards the
welfare of street children through the Don Bosco Institute.
Calling all youth, come one and all and avail of this opportunity to
interact with Blazing Drums “Bondo”.
Source: Diviya Kapur
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