ArtistInfo

Manu Delago

perc, *1984 GB, Innsbruck
Musician / Composer of Jazz and Electronic

When Manu Delago began playing the Hang in 2003, he simultaneously discovered his passion for writing music. Three years later, he founded the band ‚Manu Delago Handmade’ and the first Bass Clarinet – Hang – duo in the world ‚Living Room’. Within two years he released three albums, which have been sold in more than 20 countries. As a two-year-old he began what would become a very musically inclined life as he sat behind his first own drumkit. Four years later, he took accordion lessons and at the age of ten, he learned to play the piano. As a mainly Rock influenced 14-year-old, he played the drums for various bands like Hotchpotch. After graduating at the University Mozarteum in Innsbruck (Austria) in classical percussion, Manu Delago moved to London and studied Jazz Drums at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Amongst his teachers were world class musicians as Jojo Mayer, Scott Stroman or Ralph Salmins. With more than one million hits on Youtube, Manu Delago is one the world’s leading Hang players.

Instruments

• Percussion
• Drums
• Piano
• Backing Vocals
• Cowbell

Genres

• Jazz
• Electronic
• Classical
• Pop
• Folk

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