This Saturday Darren Pertersen will take time out of his busy schedule to present a Maserterclass on the Art of Hybrid Drumming. This come ahead of his Darren leaving on tour to Asia with the International cast of The Sound of Music in May.
Branch:Paul Bothner Music Parklands
Address: Shop G32 Sandown Retail Crossing Shopping Centre,
Corner of Sandown Road and Wood Drive Parklands
Tel: +27 (0)21 554-3640
Darren’s history reads like the dream list of any drummer. In 2010, Darren embarked on a two month international European tour with Johannesburg based Hip Hop Artist, EJ Von Lyrik and Teba Shumba. Highlight performances include The Paleo Music Festival in Nyon, Switzerland and The Rio Loco Festival in Toulouse, France, sharing the stage with major artists N.E.R.D, Jamiroquai, Bra Hugh Masekela, Motor Head, Johnny Clegg and more. The tour also saw Darren perform throughout many cities in Europe including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.
In 2012, Darren was invited to perform on tour with ex-con turned artist, Larry Joe, at the Royal Theatre of Amsterdam, in celebration of South African Independence. Nation wide touring took place over a two year period aswell.
Locally, New York Based band Gazelle and Invizable, invited Darren on an annual tour earlier in 2012, which saw him travelling across South Africa with their electro live show finishing off at Splashy Fen Durban. Since 2007, he been fortunate enough to be exposed to short session tours for various corporate functions with various artists throughout South Africa.
For the last two years Darren has toured extensively with local pop star Toya De lazy. It has seen him cover once again every South African Stadium and arena but also across boarders into Zimbabwe and Swaziland for festivals.
Darren has played with the following Aatists:
Loyiso Bala / Teargas / Elvis Blue / Zwai Bala / Phelo Bala / Zahara / Sizwe Zako / Riot / Ben Sharpa?Chris Chameleon / Bianca Le Grange / Brandon October / Lindiwe Maxolo / Tkzee / Kabelo / Kurt Darren Nianell / Juanita du Plessi / Chad Saaiman / Keeno Lee Hector / Lloyd Jansen / Karin Kortjie (Idols SA Winner) Claire Phillips / Emo Adams / Richard Ceasar / EJ Von Lyrik / Nicholis Louw / Amor Vitonne / Ill Skill’s?Zolani (Freshly Ground) / Buddy Wells / Mr Sakatumi / Jody Williams (Idols SA Winner) / BlackByrd?Olga Kern (Classical pianist, Russia) / Dan Shout (Johnny Clegg) / Teba Shumba / Unathi Nkayi (Metro FM) Wafeeq (Idols SA) / Byron Clarke / Monique Hellenberg (GoldFish) / Gang of Instrumentals / Gazelle?Ard Matthews (Session) / Larry Joe Live / Philipe Quint (Grammy Nominated Violinist) / Kyle Petersen Band /Die Heuwels Fantasties / Zaki Ibrahim / Hemel Besem
