Condensed Biography Daniel III Antonio Phillip (Danno) Petersen
Stage Name Danno, 18 years old has disrupted the music industry since he was only 3 years.
He has a string of accolades of which the following are worth mentioning:
Danno was born in the Suburb of Kuilsriver, Cape Town, South Africa. His parents lost four children due to complicated pregnancies. His father Danny noticed his son’s gift playing his drum kit at the age of 14 months.
Danno made his first Television appearance at age 3 and became the youngest ever endorsed drummer for YAMAHA at age 4. At age 5 he performed for President Mbeki. He was invited by Mr Damon Batiste – President NOSACONN to perform for the first time in New Orleans USA at the Trade Centre and various schools and hospitals. At age 6 he performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He performed at three of Late Nelson Mandela’s birthdays 90th, 93rd, & 95th
Danno received in the space of one year three awards from Global leaders:
Recipient of the Auspicious Lifetime Achievement Award – President Barack Obama Selected
One of the 100 Mandela’s of the Future – News 24
Youngest ever Trailblazer for President Ramaphosa or any other South African President.
At age 11 he became the youngest university student in Africa. He qualified to teach at age 13- Trinity College UK. At age 14 signed with DW Drums. Composed his first music film score and won the Award for the best Original Music score for a short Film at the 48 Hour Short Film Festival. He currently stands on 98 International Motivational Speaking and performance... 33 000+ students attended his motivational talks in LA, San Francisco, New Orleans, Kazakhstan, Accra Ghana, KZN, CT, PE and Johannesburg.
Saturday, January 7, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM US EST