Hi , Welcome to my space !
My name is Juri Kuefner.
I was born in Nuernberg, Germany in 1976.
At the age of 5 i started destroying my mother's kitchen tools in order to produce rhythm.
Over the next 7 years i kept playing until i finally got a drumset.
When i was around 15 i started performing with local bands , choirs and small orchestras.
In 1999 i went to live in The Netherlands to start my studies in Latin-american percussion at the Coservatory of Rotterdam, which i finished in 2004.In the past i had the honor to perform or record with the following bands and artists :Peter Herbolzheimer, Tasha's World, Coalition of the wicked, Mendoza dance party, Corey, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Pieter de Ruiter, ---Djs: Joost van Bellen, Gregor Salto, D-Rashid, The Funky Bastard (Bas en Ram), Real el Canario,--- Neco's Novellas, Joao Falcato, Rhani Krija, Martin Verdonk, Felipe Perez Santiago, Peter Maissan, The New Generation Big Band and many more.I performed at the following venues and festivals :
Paradiso (Amsterdam), Oerol , Cadans 2000 , Lowlands , Drum Rythm , North Sea Jazz 2003/ 2006/2007, Norderslag , World Port Jazz, Virus, Mundial, Dunya, Gauloises-Cooking Blue, Budapest Jazz, S.O.B.'s (NYC) , The London Jazz Cafe, ... I also appeared on several television programs such as ParadisoLive (NPS), Rayman is Laat, Barendt En VanDorp and MTV.
... and was blessed by touring and teaching in over 15 different countries such as Austria, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Kroatia, Turkey, Spain, Great Britain, The United States, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Eritrea (Africa) and China.Currently I work in the Netherlands as a freelance percussionist, composer-producer and teacher.
Playing A variety of styles like Jazz, R'n'B , HipHop, Dance, Flamenco, various forms of Latin-american music and working with Modern-dance, Breakdance and theater makes me enjoy my every day work.I use a great number of percussion instruments ranging from Congas, Timbales, Trap-drums, Cajon, Clay-drums (udu), Frame-drums, Pandeiro to Barrels, Tons, Kitchen-Pots and Frying-pans ( still !!! ), aswell as electronic sounds, samples and keyboards.All the music you can hear on this site was composed, produced and performed by myself.
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