ABOUT Elbtonal Percussion

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The four precise and unerring Hamburg percussionists of Elbtonal Percussion master the creative crossover of classical, jazz and world music better than perhaps any other band in the country. With their visually impressive range of instruments – an aesthetic sound of massive drums, cymbals and gongs from all over the world, harmoniously enriched by marimba and vibraphone–Elbtonal Percussion enthuses its audiences with their exciting dynamism and diversity of style, as already convincingly demonstrated on nine CDs and two DVDs. Elbtonal Percussion has been touring since 1996, has performed over 1,000 concerts, and has been invited to play at numerous renowned festivals (incl. Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lower Saxony Music Festival, Stuttgart International Music Festival & JazzBaltica). Concert tours have taken them throughout Europe and repeatedly to Asia, including to China’s biggest percussion festival at the National Theatre in Beijing and to Shanghai, where they were cultural ambassadors. 

They are sponsored by Yamaha and Meinl Percussion.