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Ivano Zanotti had a noticeably precocious drum groove, since the early age of 8.
Ivano Zanotti had a noticeably precocious drum groove, since the early age of 8. In his teens, he studied with Maestro Mauro Gherardi, learning drum secrets and modern techniques, all while studying at the Bologna Music Conservatory G.B.
Martini, where he earned his degree in Classical Percussion.
After an intense and widespread background with some of Bologna’s finest underground bands including Gli Atroci, Splatterpink, S.I.P.
Tonic, Zois and ART, Ivano toured the United States in 2006 with Manolo Badrena of Weather Report, in 2008 and 2009 with Black Smokers and in 2010 with Hammond Organ legend Brian Auger.
In the meantime, he started collaborating with Ligabue’s lead Guitar Federico Poggipollini, becoming his live and studio drummer and with former Vasco Rossi guitarist Maurizio Solieri, with whom he’s been playing since 2012.
In 2007, he played with Alan Sorrenti, composer of “Figli dell Stelle”.
Ivano Zanotti has established a solid reputation as one of Italy’s finest drummers, recording for Italian Rock legend Vasco Rossi on his Sono Innocente album, on his song “Cambiamenti” and on Maestro Francesco Guccini’s last album.
In 2016, Zanotti played drums and helped organize a one-of-a-kind concert in the Arena di Verona, supporting the fight against femicide. Gathering many famous Italian female singers, including Gianna Nannini, Fiorella Mannoia, Patty Pravo, Loredana Bertè, Elisa, Paola Turci, Irene Grandi, Alessandra Amoroso and Emma, the memorable event produced a live DVD entitled “Amiche In Arena”.
Ivano is currently touring with Loredana Bertè, I Musici di Francesco Guccini, Federico Poggipollini and LIGABUE.
Ivano uses Alex Acuna Bells , the Red mountable Tambourine, the Daniel de los Reyes Signature Cajon and Tumbao Pro Bongos.
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Meet The Dates Of Havana D’ Primera – Europe Tour 2022
Alexander Abreu & Havana D’ Primera will begin their concert tour in Serbia celebrating their 15-year artistic career
Alexander Abreu & Havana D’ Primera will visit Europe in September with their 2022 tour to celebrate their 15-year career with love and music, starting on Saturday, September 3rd in Belgrade (Serbia), and two days later they will step on the Bulgarian salsa stage (Monday, September 5th).
Subsequently, they will sing their repertoire in Spain (Seville, Madrid, Bilbao, and Barcelona) on September 8th, 9th, 23rd, and 30th, and will continue in France with two concerts: on Sunday 11th, they will be on stage on the Cabaret Sauvage (Paris), while the Sunday, September 25th, they will do so in the Patio de Camargue (Árles). In the same way, their tour of Germany (Hamburg) continues on Thursday, September 15th, and the 16th of this month, they will be in Finland, specifically in the capital city Helsinki.
The 2022 Tour continues in Italy (Florence and Naples) on September 17th and 21st. The latter will be in the Sweet Life concert hall located in the Somma Vesuviana municipality of the Neapolitan city.
On Thursday the 22nd, they will do the same at the Cuban Latin Festival in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and will end their 2022 Tour 400 miles from Europe in Tunisia in the Yasmine Hammamet neighborhood located in the north of the African continent on Saturday, October 1st.
Alexander Abreu spent his childhood in the city of Cienfuegos (Cuba) where he began playing the trumpet at the age of ten and has currently become one of the most versatile and acclaimed Cuban musicians of Afro-Cuban music. “I have always seen Havana D’Primera with 15 people on stage and everyone said that it was impossible, that it would be too expensive, too difficult to move… This is how we started: 14 or 15 of us and a lot of positive energy, now we are stronger than ever.” Abreu commente.
Havana D’ Primera (HDP) is a Cuban timba band founded by Alexander Abreu in 2007 and made up of 17 of the best Cuban musicians. The orchestra is led by the main composer Abreu, who has stood out for his melodic voice and ability to fuse genres through Salsa such as Jazz, Funk, and other Afro-Cuban rhythms.
“Since its inception, the band has released five studio albums and one live album. The debut album release was Making History with EGREM in 2009 and their first release for the Páfata Productions record label. 2012’s Pasaporte received favorable reviews from the international press and was voted one of the best Latin alternative albums of that year.
Since then, they have followed the success of “Pasaporte” with four more albums, released through Páfata Productions and the last one in co-production with the Cuban Producciones Abdala.
HDP released “La Vuelta al Mundo” in 2015 and “Haciendo Historia LIVE” arrived in 2016. “Cantor del Pueblo” in early 2018, earning the band a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Salsa album. We cannot forget “A Romper el Coco” with the participation of Mayito Rivera released in 2019, and the single Quiero Verte Otra Vez (2020) which won the Special Prize at the 2020 Lucas Awards gala and was also cataloged by the French newspaper “Le Monde” as one of the favorite songs of Latin music.
Finally, in 2021 the album “Será Que Se Acabó” was released, as a tribute to Cuban popular music of the 80s and 90s. Discography extracted from the Biography of Havana D’ Primera.
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