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Dan Egger-Belandria
Having studied jazz at the University of Missouri, Dan is a skilled conga, bongo, timbale and drumset player. He has also taken classes throughout the Americas with drumming masters including Adel Gonzalez (Chucho Valdes, Afro Cuban All Stars), Miguel "Angá" Diaz and Enrique Plá (Irakere), Amadito Valdés and Carlos Gonzalez (Buena Vista Social Club), Modesto Cepeda (director/Escuela de Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico). Dan has recorded and performed throughout the U.S. and abroad in a variety of musical genres. He is the bandleader for 'Señor Gato' and the creator of the unique AquaDrums presentation that combines light, percussion and water for which he has toured in the U.S. and internationally. For more than 15 years, Dan has dedicated himself to the art of Afro-Cuban and Caribbean drumming. His musical journey also includes an accompanying DJs in musical styles ranging from Salsa, Rock and Reggaeton. In 2007, he toured the U.S. with Mix-Master Mike of the Beastie Boys on a Bacardi B-Live Tour. Dan also combines his musical skills with his diversity-training background to design and facilitate productivity-enhancing and multicultural programs for corporations and schools. As an arts educator, Dan has promoted multiculturalism and arts awareness in schools, youth centers, hospitals, churches and festivals to approximately 50,000 students over the course of his career. His flagship school assembly program, 'World Rhythm Synergy', exposes youth to the story of West African slavery and its impact on the Americas over 500 years. He tells this story interactively using djembes, congas, bongos, cajon, claves, and other percussion instruments that bridge the connections throughout this period of Western history. For more info, check out New World Synergy.
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Dan Egger-Belandria
represents a new generation of Latin musicans. Born in the U.S.,
his family heritage and childhood are tied to Venezuela where his spark
for tropical music and percussion first began.