Ferenc Honyecz (Artist name DARSHAN) - Harp player and music composer, band leader.Musician, composer, producer, and founder of The Garland Band. Heda Art Agency Artist.
I was born and raised in a working-class district of Budapest. I sang in a choir in music elementary school and later studied piano.
We rehearsed in a rehearsal room every day. At the age of 14 I started playing guitar and bass and at the age of 19 I started touring with Hungarian star bands. Between 1990-92, I moved to France and worked as a studio musician. It was a wonderful vocational school and a great learning experience.
In music, I am always motivated to learn and develop. I was always looking for originality and uniqueness. At the age of 31, I continued my musical studies and started learning the harp. After 5 years, an Irish / Celtic harp with a unique design and sound of my own was made for me by an instrument maker.
As a composer, he has collaborated with many great Hungarian artists. He was also a founding member of the Master and Disciples ensemble, which earned many gold and platinum records.
He has also composed lots of music for international commercials which have been played for years in different countries. In 2015 he had the opportunity to work with the famous English superstar Craig David as a musician and arranger. The result of their joint work was a monumental concert on the 3rd of May 2015, at the Syma Event and Congress Center in Budapest.
"For me, The Garland Band is a musical mood in which I can fulfill my creative self. Playing our songs in Hungary or any country is an indescribable feeling to me. Perceiving the audience’s reaction is simply marvelous. I think this is the real acknowledgement for a performer like me."
Their first debut album, My Infinity, was released in 2016. I started composing the songs for our next album 2 years ago, we are expected to make the studio recordings in September-Octóber 2021.
"Everyone needs to find their own way because that could lead their soul to the glade. We have to find our happiness and the real meaning of why we are here." ”I think that this thought has been with us since the first moment…”
Ferenc Honyecz
More information : https://www.reverbnation.com/garlandmyinfinity Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ferenc.honyecz
Contact : infinityharp@gmail.com
Rhani krija - Percussions
Rhani Krija was born in Essaouira, Morocco, right in the heart of the Gnawa culture. He grew up listening to and exploring many different styles of North African music which formed the basis for his musical work today.
As a teenager, he began to work professionally as a percussionist with some of the most respected musicians of the traditional Moroccan music scene, and he soon established himself as a sought-after musician, well known for his authentic grasp of Arabic, Andalusian, African and Latin American music styles.
A few years later, Rhani lived and worked in France for a while before eventually moving to Cologne, Germany, where he now has his home base. Over the years, he has been featured on many television shows as well as at Jazz & World Music festivals in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Morocco, Argentina, Slovenia, and many other countries.
Rhani has been appearing, touring and sharing the stage with Housseine Kili, Djamel Laroussi, Omar Sosa, Momo Djender, Eda Zari, Don Byron, Karim Ziad (formerly with Joe Zawinul and others), Mokhtar Samba (Youssou N'dour, Salief Keita), Xavier Naidoo, Sarah Connor, WDR Big Band, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dominic Miller, Adel Salameh, Keziah Jones and many others.
in February 2003, Rhani was invited by STING to record percussion tracks for STING's new album “Sacred Love,” which was released later that year. The collaboration continued on STING´s DVD “Inside—The Songs of Sacred Love,” on which Rhani is prominently featured as the percussionist of the band, followed by the worldwide promotion tour for the “Sacred Love” album which kept him busy until the end of 2003. Since January 2004, Rhani is on the road again with STING as the percussionist in STING's band on the “Sacred Love” world tour, and he feels privileged that his work with STING not only gave him the opportunity to share the stage with “the man himself” but also with jazz greats of the likes of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea.
Best regards.
"Sounds and melodies help at every moment but a difficulties are the things that help you get to know yourself.
It's important that the author finds the instrument on which he can best write his songs. I have happiness in my soul."
Best regard,
The Garland Band.
