Christian Pare
Christian developed an insatiable love for music at very early age, passion which brought him to study and discover various styles of music. Christian was not satisfied to learn only various rhythms, he was also interested by the history of music and the various cultures. His private training was conducted in California, Cuba, Japan and in South-América . Twice, he travelled to West Africa. With a diploma (Bachelor degree) in anthropology. Christian wanted to look further into his knowledge of musical studies and followed a master's degree training in ethnomusicology at the University of Montreal.

Besides, Christian is the artistic and general director of KABIR PERCUSSION, a world-beat band, for over 20 years now. Finally, as a clinician he offers percussion work-shops and private lessons.

Christian shared his musical knowledge with Sarah McLachlan, Karen Young, André-Philippe Gagnon, Harvey Mandell, Sal Bernardi, Big "Moose" Walker, Karl Perazzo, Billy Johnson (SANTANA), Claire Pelletier, Richard Séguin, Richard Desjardins, Michel Rivard, Florent Vollant, Luce Dufault, Alain Lamontagne, Kashtin, Laurence Jalbert, France D'Amour, Julia Migenes, Bett.e & Steff, Daniel Bélanger, Tonight Show with Jay Leno "Alegria" Cirque du Soleil, le Solstice Rouge (SRC), le Gala des Masques(TVA), Steve Barakatt, Rosheen, the Marc Vallée Trio and many others.

Surdo, congas, djembe, darbouka, bells, doum doum, agogo, gongs, udu, tablas, drums.

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