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The Whistling Philosopher...

Beautiful Whistling by...
melodic whistler

Johannes K. Drinda

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Whistler - Musician Extraordinaire...

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Actor Paul Newman requested
and enjoyed Johannes' music...



Listen to the emotionally stimulating sound of Johannes Drinda, the famous and gifted whistler-musician. He has played in many over the world great halls and venues, even performed upon personal requests from actor Paul Newman (Walt Disney) and comedian Billy Connolly for his "World Tour of Australia" book and video.

Available for:
>Performances and recording >Commercials
>CD productions
>Stage performances
>Private functions
>General entertainment 

Johannes' unique abilities and musical interpretations are purely intuitive; i.e. based on emotional perceptions, rather than technicalities or robotics.

Background and Experience

In 1988, Johannes discovered and developed his talent of whistling to classical and/or popular music. He also discovered, but not yet developed (for reasons of priority), his latent potential as a composer. His repertoire comprises about twenty-eight hours, stretching from classical composers, such as tunes from Suppe, Rossini, Mozart, Brahms and Schuhmann to contemporary musical works and interpretations by musicians, such as Liberace, Cleyderman, Wunderlich, Bota, Piacentino etc.
Johannes' repertoire even includes traditional ethnic music, such as Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian gypsy tunes and may be extended to suit your specific requirements.

Credentials & Affiliations

In 1988, Johannes was awarded the first prize at a musicians' contest by the late conductor of Sydney's Symphony Orchestra Stuart Challender and in 1990, shortly after his return from two performances in New York at the Joe Franklin Show, he received two letters from the actor Paul Newman and a letter from the late German organist Klaus Wunderlich (copies available on demand). In 2ooo, Johannes performed with Prof. Gerhard Erber, pianist of the "Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig" (Please enter Gerhard Erber into your search engine!)
During the last decade, he performed on numerous occasions in public, clubs, Radio/TV Shows and his talent of whistling to music has been recorded in several movies, such as 'Walk The Talk' and 'The Green Apple' (NY), commercials and exposures in Australia, USA, Switzerland, Iceland, Vietnam, Greece, Japan, Chile and Germany.

Note: The sound samples are in .wav format.  Right-click a sample > Properties and copy the Address (URL) of .wav file to your download tool to play it with Media Player etc.

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For a longer DEMO, click HERE.

...or/and click here.

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Here's a picture of Johannes performing
his amazing talent of whistling
to classical/popular music...

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Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly invited
Johannes to perform for his Australian TV series...

Below: World-renown, late organist...
Klaus Wunderlich acclaimed Johannes' talent...

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Concert Pianist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Prof.Gerhard Erber, praised Johannes' musicianship.

B O O K S ! -> Click HERE to preview Johannes' three books!

Click this wording to read more about Johannes' philosophical mission.

Click Here to send Johannes an email!

 Below: Late conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra... the honorable Stuart Challender, awarded Johannes the first prize in a musician contest.

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...for a bargain download of Johannes' whistling recordings!
(Then select ' musician ' and search for ' whistling '.)
 
To order music of personal choice contact Johannes by e-mail. He also performs to musical pieces of your choice at reasonable charges. 

Click HERE to view Johannes' amusing personal preferences & notes!

"With Love from Russia": Johannes applies and recommends the generously donated "wave to midi" software from Akoff. http://www.akoff.com

Check out and join the philosophical forum to which jjj contributed... (His username is: jjj)

Click here to visit his friend and fellow whistler Robert Stemmons...

Click here to visit the whistler's association in the USA...

Johannes applies and recommends the latest in musical accompaniments: >LIVE-STYLER< A 'Made in Germany' product created by innovative programmer Norbert Stellberg. Click here for more info.

To read more about Johannes' past, present and future interests & ambitions... click here!

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Note: During years of public performance at the famous Sydney Opera House Johannes met many young people eager to find out how to equally discover their unique abilities and talents. These experiences are detailed in his book; available (at www.lulu.com) , titled 'A Guide... To Personal Contentment'.