Currently on tour with “Alegria by Cirque du Soleil”
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Click to listen to “Guiding Light”
Also featured on -
Click to listen to Ben on Benjamin Harrisons release “Tokyo Blues”
Hear Ben on the latest Cirque du Soleil album, "VOLTA"
Click to listen to Ben on Benjamin Harrisons release “Nomad”
Bio
Ben Todd is a drummer, percussionist, composer and bandleader from Adelaide in South Australia.
Over the past 10 years, Ben has been touring the world with the internationally acclaimed "Cirque du Soleil" as a featured drummer, percussionist and now bandleader with 4 of their shows, "CORTEO", "KOOZA", "VOLTA" and most recently "ALEGRIA". During this time, Ben has toured through Japan, Russia, The United States, Spain, Canada, France, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium and England.
Prior to joining Cirque, Ben performed with a wide range of artists back in Australia including Kate Cebrano, Paulini, Ben Folds, Doug Parkinson, Rhonda Burchmore, James Morrison, David Campbell, Barry Humphries and Glen Shorrok, as well as playing in the pit orchestras for a variety of musical theatre shows including the Australia/NZ tour of Cats, The Wedding Singer, Miss Saigon and Grease.
Ben began playing drums at the age of 3, becoming the third generation of drummer in his family. Before reaching high school, Ben had already toured nationally with various bands and was starting to make his own mark on the Adelaide music scene.
He was one of the youngest Australian artists to become a signed endorsee with Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo drumheads and Vic Firth sticks. Ben would go on to conduct several drum clinics throughout high school and beyond for these companies, as well as perform in 2008 and 2015 as a featured artist at the "Ultimate Drummers Weekend" in Melbourne, Australia.
2010 saw Ben release his debut solo studio album, "20TEN". Since the release of this album, Ben has also gone on to release 4 more recordings as a leader; the “Ben Todd and Adam Page Duo EP” in 2015, the “Ben Todd Quintet EP” in 2016, “Memento” in 2020 and “Guiding Light” in 2021 for ABC Jazz.
Ben proudly endorses Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo Drumheads, Vic Firth Sticks, LP Percussion and ProLogix Percussion.
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