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"Every sound that I hear ..... is music, it was only natural to have been attracted to the sound of the Piano. " |
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Ben Fernandez is a Pianist and keyboardist formally trained in Western Classical Music and has a Degree in Jazz Performance from the New Zealand School of Music'. Ben plays a number of musical styles including Jazz , Pop, Blues, R n B, Fusion, Reggae , Latin, Western Classical .Loves listening and experimenting with music from all over the world. He is a good sight reader and has perfect pitch.
Prior to moving to Auckland in Feb 2005, Ben played with some of the leading bands in India.These include The Sixth Sense- Pop n Fusion , Take Four- Jazz , Menage a Trois R n B, Obligato Latin, Mode 7 Fusion and his own band Benzone. Also worked with Pop stars and performers including Gary Lawyer, Louis Banks, Leslie Lewis, Shaan , Mehnaaz, Shiamak Davar, Lucky Ali, Nandu Bhende. Ben also performed (for 2 years) with the house band on the TV show Movers and Shakers aired 5 nights a week on Sony entertainment television. Ben has performed at shows and concerts in many different countries.
Ben also composes music for Advertising jingles, Film soundtracks, Corporate Films, TV shows, Audio Visuals . He has played for many musicals and theatre productions including Annie, Oliver, The Sound of Music, Evita, Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat. The jingle he produced for Star Movies won Gold at the Pro-Max A/V Awards held in Singapore in Dec 05.
Graduated in Physics and holds Post Graduate Qualifications in Business Management and Computer Science. He gave up a career in Foreign Exchange, Travel Management and Advertising to make music a Full Time Career option.
Loves traveling and has visited England , France , Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Monte Carlo, Belgium , Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahrain, Dubai and Australia .
Some of the shows that Ben has played for include -
the Cannes International Film Festival France
the Publishers Ball Hongkong
New Year Celebrations World Trade Centre Dubai
Microsoft Dealers International Conference Bentota Sri Lanka
Party for President Bill Clinton Mumbai , India
The Internationall Jazz Yatra Mumbai
St Patricks Day celebrations hosted by the Consulate of Ireland in India.
Afro Asian Games closing ceremony party Hyderabad , India
Channel V Peace Concert Mumbai
BMW worldwide dealer meet Taj Mahal , Agra
Jet Airways Inaugural Flight celebrations Colombo Sri Lanka
Compaq Computers International Dealer Meet Colombo , Sri Lanka
Ceat Cricket Ratings Awards Ceremony Mumbai
The Pratt and Whitney Aviation Golf Tournament Mumbai
The American Consulate Ball Mumbai
Miss World Diana Haydens homecoming ceremony Mumbai
Royal Challenge Euro Dancers Event
Launch of Cross Roads one of Indias largest shipping malls
Cathay Pacific Annual Day Celebrations.
Launch of JVC in India
Party hosted by MTV India
Bombay Times Anniversary Party
PriceWaterhouseCoopers annual party
KPMG Worldwide annual party
American Express Dealer meets
BNP Paribas- Annual Party
Barclays Bank Customer Meets
Star TV Annual Party
Australian Tourism promotion party
Launch of Marlboro in India
Samsung- new product conferences
Launch of the Fiat Palio India
IBM India Corporate Party
Air Mauritius- Corporate Party
Singapore Airlines-
Omega Watches- Launch of new Outlet
Laureus International Sports Awards Ambivalley , India
The India-International Fashion Show Dubai Feb 2006
The Mission bay Jazz Festival Auckland , Feb 2006
The Devonport Wine and Music Festival , Devonport 2006
The Rakino Island Jazz Festival 2006
The ASB Queenstown International JazzFest-2007, Queenstown, NZ
The Bay of Islands Jazz Festival - 2007
And many more
Ad-Jingles / Music Sound tracks produced by Ben include:-
AFL Wiz A/V, Ad. Jingle
Amar Ujala Group of Newspapers A/V
Anchor White Tooth Paste- Ad .Jingle
B4U Movies- New Title track, 5 jingles, 25 Channel Promos
Cello Pens A/V
Credit Control Bureau- Ad. Jingle
Elf Engine Oil Ad. Jingle
Elle 18 Remix Collection- Radio Jingle
Enough is Enough Anti war campaign- Main Theme and background score
Eros Jewellery- Ad. Jingle
Essar Jingle for the Mumbai Marathon
Eveready Batteries A/V
Exide Batteries A/V
Godrej Corporate A/V
Hit Mosquito Spray- Ad. Jingle
ICICI Bank Corporate A/V
Marico A/V
Mobitel Sri Lanka Ad jingles
No more mosquito bites Ad Jingle
Outlook Money Ad Jingle
Parachute Advanced Ad. Jingle
Parachute Oil Ad. Jingles
Philips Slimline Flat TV . Ad. Jingles
Raymonds A/V
Sandpiper Beer Radio Jingles
Servo Radio Jingles
Singapore Airlines- Radio Spot
Star-Movies- Ad Jingle
Sweekar Low Absorb. Ad Jingles
Tata Group Corporate A/V
Tata SG Sheets . A/V
Top in Town rainwear Ad. Jingle
Veedol A/V
Vicks Formula 44 Ad. Jingle
Vicks magic- Ad. Jingle
Voltas A/V |
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