Anton (Toni) Mühlhofer (born in Austria, 1958) studied Classical Percussion at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Drums (Jazz) at the Conservatory of Vienna and further studies at the Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA. Toni has performed with Joe Zawinul, Toots Thielemans, Steve Hackett, Johnny Logan, Arturo Sandoval, Eddie „Lockjaw“ Davis, George Masso, Jim Galloway, Fatty George, Leo Wright, Placido Domingo, Angel Romero..... After numerous trips to Cuba, where he had the opportunity to deepen his knowledge of Afrocuban music with Carlos Aldama Perez from „Conjunto Folklorico Nacional“ and other teachers, Toni decided to produce his own albums expressing his passion for the Latin world and for the Cuban music in particular.

Q&A with Austrian musician Anton Mühlhofer