The idea quickly became a major success: Many professionally trained musicians have joined our team in recent years, performances in neighbouring countries followed and took us as far away as Qatar. The Drum Conversation team is characterised by one thing in particular \u2013 the true joy and enthusiasm of our musicians and the high quality of our stage performances.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7739″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”7%” bottom_padding=”6%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”40″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
We will put together an individual team that is perfectly suited to realise your special event,[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7819″ bio_image_url=”6158″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Florian” job_position=”Djembe player (contact person)” team_member_bio=”Florian began his musical education on the drums. At the end of the 1990s, he travelled to Cuba to take a course in musical studies. It was during this time that he learned to play the conga, bongo and timbale, later on returning to his hometown of Frankfurt. Today, he is the percussionist in a number of bands, including \u201cNachttierhaus\u201d, \u201cThe OhOhOhs\u201d and the \u201cSchoyfler Projekt\u201d, where he musically collaborates with the singer of the Frankfurt City Blues Band, amongst others. He is also very engaged in Frankfurt\u2019s cultural life, being, among other things, co-founder of the legendary \u201cSession at Club Voltaire\u201d. Florian has also taken part in various sound productions, such as \u201cKlangerfinder\u201d \u2013 Theatermusik (schauspielfrankfurt, andcompany&co, wunschmaschinen). He has played concerts at a number of renowned local music venues, including the Mousonturm, Alte Oper, the Fusion Festival and the Goethe Institute. He has also been teaching music at various music schools since 2005.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7821″ bio_image_url=”6166″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Baye” job_position=”Djembe player” team_member_bio=”\u201cPlaying the drums inspires my soul,\u201d says Baye. Those fortunate enough to have heard him play know exactly what he means. Born in Thi\u00e9s, Senegal, Baye was brought up playing a wide variety of African instruments. His passion, however, is the djembe. It is no surprise that, as a highly respected master of his craft, he was the leader of one of Senegal\u2019s most successful percussion ensembles before coming to Europe. By working for many years as a drum workshop director, he has also been able to develop his teaching skills. Drum Conversation profits immensely from his skills, which he applies with a great deal of passion and joy.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7823″ bio_image_url=”6162″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Fallou” job_position=”Djembe player” team_member_bio=”Fallou joined our team in 2008 and has been an absolute enrichment. He too is a \u00bbgriot\u00ab, having enjoyed the tutelage of his musical mentor, Ismael Seck, in Senegal as a young boy. Normally a quiet individual, Fallou is a bundle of energy on stage, happily sharing his passion and enthusiasm with his audiences. His authentic musical expression and flawless performances with the Djembe drum have helped to turn him into a true percussion artist, a person who time and again goes out to prove how important it is to learn from one\u2019s musical role models while developing one\u2019s very own, individual style.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7831″ bio_image_url=”6160″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Pape” job_position=”Djembe player” href=”“http:\/\/www.afrojant.de\/“” target=”“_blank“” team_member_bio=”Pape grew up playing a wide variety of traditional Senegalese drums, including the Djembe, Sabar, Tama, Bougarabou and Serouba, and is now a true virtuoso on all of these instruments. His collaboration with various international music groups, including \u201cMusic for Life\u201d and Hamid Baroudi, hav\u00ade taken him to places far beyond Europe\u2019s borders, such as Algeria and Australia, for example. He is also director of the traditional Senegalese dance and percussion group, \u00bbAfrojant!\u00ab.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7832″ bio_image_url=”6163″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Ellen” job_position=”Djembe\/Timbales” team_member_bio=”Half-English and half-German, Ellen began her musical education in Hanover, where she initially studied rhythmics. She continued her studies in Munich at the Latin Percussion School and then at the College of Music in Mannheim. Granted a scholarship, she spent six months in Salvador de Bahia, learning to play the Bahian drums at the Universidade Federal da Bahia as well as on the streets of Bahia. Further trips took her to Cuba and Asia. Ellen has toured Germany with Robin Gibb from the BeeGees while also playing with Klaus Meine from the Scorpions and many others. She has been a percussionist for the Kevin O’Day Ballet Company at Mannheim\u2019s National Theatre since 2002, and has composed a variety of musical pieces for the stage.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”8200″ bio_image_url=”8202″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Demba” job_position=”Djembe player” team_member_bio=”Demba was born in Thies (Senegal). His grandfathers were well-known drum masters and his father is none other than our wonderful Ismael, one of the two founders of Drum Conversation.
\nOf course Ismael has great influence on his musical development and is a source of his artistic inspiration, which still helps him to find and go his way as a professional djembe player.
\nWe are very happy that he is now part of our Drum Conversation Team, which he is enriching with his friendly and positive character.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7835″ bio_image_url=”6878″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Mark” job_position=”Djembe and Congas” team_member_bio=”Mark brings Caribbean flair to our team! As a child growing up in Puerto Rico, he naturally became familiar with salsa music and the corresponding percussion instruments, which have characterised his musical style. Mark studied at the College of Music in Havana and at the \u201cConjunto folclorico\u201d in Santiago de Cuba. Aside from his work as both a live and studio musician (having worked, amongst others, with the \u201cWeather Girls\u201d and Daniel Wirtz), he also teaches music, directing rehearsals at the Hessian State Institute of Educational Science, for the Tyrolean regional government and the Work Group for School Music. In 2008, he published a textbook entitled \u201cRitmos de Santiago de Cuba\u201d together with the Cuban percussionist, Juan Bauste.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7836″ bio_image_url=”6871″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Xedi” job_position=”Timbales and Djembe” team_member_bio=”Xedi was born in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. He is a member of the world\u2019s largest and most famous samba group, OLODUM, which, among other things, collaborated with Paul Simon in 1992 and Michael Jackson in 1997. His humour and his energy have made him a popular favourite within the Drum Conversation team, and elsewhere.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”100″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”7837″ bio_image_url=”6860″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”simple” name=”Heiko” job_position=”Djembe player (contact person)” team_member_bio=”Having completed his musical studies at the Frankfurt Music Workshop under the direction of Cid de Freitas, Heiko now works as percussionist and drummer in a variety of projects and musical styles, ranging from traditional oriental and Latin-American music to jazz a\u00ads well as improvised and electronic music. 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He applies the knowledge of his musical background to every instrument he plays, although he specialises in bass drums. Born in Senegal, Ousmane grew up playing the full range of his home country\u2019s percussion instruments and now looks back on a colourful life inspired by music. He has in the meantime founded his own club, which concentrates in particular on introducing the world to the richness and beauty of African art and music.”][\/team_member][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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