MANU DELAGO
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Third Stream, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Vocal Jazz • Austria

Manu Delago, whose real name is Emanuel Delago-Norz, is an Austrian musician and composer born on July 31, 1984, in Innsbruck, a city nestled in the heart of the Alps. At just 2 years old, Manu Delago sat behind his first drum kit, marking the beginning of a life devoted to music. Four years later, he began playing piano and then, at age 10, he took accordion lessons. He later developed a passion for drumming and played with various rock bands such as HotchPotch, Zabine, Michael Tschuggnall, Nadine Beiler, Bluatschink, and many others. His rock band HotchPotch won the Austrian Band Contest and toured Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain. It wasn’t until 2003 that he discovered a Hang from PANArt, which would eventually become his main musical instrument. After graduating in classical percussion from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, a music university also located in Austria, he moved to London, read more...