Musicians: MUNIR ALSAGOFF (Guitar Performance)
Munir had been exposed to music at a young age. At home he was constantly exposed to bossa nova music (Astrud Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim) by his parents who are both music lovers. He started music lessons playing the Electone Organ at the age of 6, switching to guitar when he was 16 yrs old.
With a genre of Solo, Jazz, Soul, Classical, Brazilian Funk and Samba, The guitar has been Munir’s primary instrument for the past 20 years. He is equally adept on the electric guitar as well as the acoustic / nylon-string guitar. He is greatly influenced by classical, jazz ,soul, Brazilian and dance music ( Soulful / Deep House / Broken Beats) . He has backed-up various artistes,performed in various acoustic and full band set-ups and also performed with DJ’s in an electronic / live setting .He has performed in Vietnam ,Indonesia,Thailand , Malaysia ,The Maldives and Beijing (during the 2008 Olympics).
Performances and Festivals
Munir has performed at music / dance festivals such as the MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2005/2006/2007(Esplanade) and Zoukout /2001.Munir is currently a member of Indigo, an outfit that performs Brazilian funk and samba music
Corporate and Special Events
Munir has consulted for some, and performed at the events of the brands and companies, listed below:
- AUDI (S series launch)
- Cirque du Soleil (post-event party)
- Mercedes
- Singtel
- Porsche
- Cortina Watch
- Motorola
- Valentino
- American Express
- Club Med Maldives official reopening (Kani Island)
- Citibank
- BMW (China)
- Singapore Yacht Events ( Singapore Yacht Show 2013)
- Land Transport Authority Singapore (Singapore International Transport Congress 2013 Gala Night)
- Singapore GP (Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012, with Indigo)
- VISA
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