Bernard was born in Tulln close to Vienna in Austria, Europe. His parents wanted him and his brother to get involved with music as soon as possible, so he started visiting courses for musical education where he learned to play flute and piano at the age of 4. Some years later Bernard decided to study drums and fell deeply in love with his new instrument from very first beginning. His first teacher noticed his passion and talent and invited him to play in his band "The New Kids on the Drums". This group, which played all over Europe, was an amazing chance for Bernard to gain professional experience at an extremely young age. At age 12,he already was signed to BMG Ariola, had 3 songs in the European charts , won Europe's biggest band contest, the Pop-O-Drom, opened for major stars like Brian Adams, Extreme and Chesney Hawks, endorsed Diesel Fashion and also appeared on European TV playing major music shows as a child drummer. Music became very important and Bernard finally quit High School and went straight to one of the world's best Music Universities, Vienna, when he was only 15 years old. The following years Bernie won many European Drum contests, recorded a lot and practiced as much as possible. He finally graduated from the conservatory of Vienna in 2001 after only 3 years with excellent success. In 2002 it was time to move. He sold his car, bought a one way ticket and flew to Los Angeles. After only 4 month in town he recorded his first major movie soundtrack for million selling producer Peter Wolf in Malibu, "The Nutcracker". Bernard, still in his early twenties, played with some of the world's best musicians, performed at numerous international drum festivals, appears on many recordings, soundtracks and also started to create helpful educational products such as the Ultimate Practice Series Play Along book, a Hand Technique Book and DVD's. He is an extremely dedicated young drummer and composer who performs any musical style. Check out Bernard's official web site for more info. www.bernie-g.com
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