Giovanni Hidalgo
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Giovanni Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in Santurce where he received his primary education. Giovanni come from a renowned lineage of musicians, particularly percussionists. His stepgrandfather Fernando “Nando”Hernández was a musician, his grandmother Luisa Maysonet Marrero was born in Cuba and his father, José Manuel Hidalgo Maysonet "Mañengue", was a renowned conga player. Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas, and timbales. At age 3 he started trying out percussion on any surface he could get his hands on. As a kid he practiced and developed his skills on the conga and on other instruments in his house. For his eighth birthday, he received a conga, handmade by his father. Hidalgo would drum a tune with sticks and then play the same tune with his hands.
Giovanni Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in Santurce where he received his primary education. Giovanni come from a renowned lineage of musicians, particularly percussionists. His stepgrandfather Fernando “Nando”Hernández was a musician, his grandmother Luisa Maysonet Marrero was born in Cuba and his father, José Manuel Hidalgo Maysonet "Mañengue", was a renowned conga player. Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas, and timbales. At age 3 he started trying out percussion on any surface he could get his hands on. As a kid he practiced and developed his skills on the conga and on other instruments in his house. For his eighth birthday, he received a conga, handmade by his father. Hidalgo would drum a tune with sticks and then play the same tune with his hands.
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