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Arndt Beckmann

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Arndt is official percussionist of Hind. He performed with Zuco 103, Nueva Manteca amongst others. As well as huge theatre productions of Joop van den Ende such as Saturday Night Fever and Barcelona.

Arndt performed on stages in Germany, The Benelux, Letvia, Slovenia, Portugal, Oman, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cuba, South Africa and Reunion Island.

Arndt graduated at the Rotterdam conservatory for dance, music and theatre. After the final research to graduate he wrote a book about learning Latin-American and Brasilian percussion. He is a lover of Cuban and Brasilian music and has a large study background.

Arndt teaches Latin-American and Brasilian percussion at the SKVR (Stichting Kunstzinnige Vorming Rotterdam) in Rotterdam. He was guest teacher at Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts). As a result of his studies Arndt was invited to the international drummermeeting in Salzgitter (D).

The Jury of the national Dutch music competition the “Grote Prijs van Nederland” voted for Arndt as the best musician in the category Dancefloor music. "De Grote Prijs van Nederland" is one of the desirous prices in the popworld of the Netherlands. Arndt won in total three awards.

Arndt’s percussion skills can be heard on CD releases "one down one up" by Zuco 103, "Cuban Jazz" by Latineo, "Hand to mouth" by State of Monc to name but a few.

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Member Since: 4/27/2007
Band Website: arndtbeckmann.com

Sounds Like: Arndt performing with Latin Jazz formation "Latineo"

Arndt performing with his Salsa and Timba formation "Conjunto Irawó"

Arndt plays batá "Toques del oro seco Cuba"

Arndt plays Latin Jazz, ends with a timbales solo

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Posted by Arndt Beckmann on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:00 PST