British musician, actor and video game co-producer Dhani Harrison inherited his love of rock themes from his father, George Harrison, of The Beatles. Starting the path with natural science and design, the young man nevertheless took a guitar in his hands, began to write songs and followed in his father's footsteps.
Biography
Dhani Harrison was born on August 1, 1978 in Windsor (England) in the family of the famous British rock musician George Harrison and the secretary of the production company Olivia Trinidad Arias, of Mexican origin. Parents signed when the baby was one month old. It was a happy and harmonious life-long union of a beautiful couple.
They gave an unusual name to their son according to the canonical foundations of Hinduism. The boy's name was pronounced with a slight breath and sounded very beautiful. From the usual name Danny came the diatonic Dhani. Where "Dha" in the musical notation of India meant the note "la" according to the European rules of the musical staff, and "ni", respectively, - "si".
He spent his youth at his father's estate, Friar Park, where he first tried to play the drum. Dhani often sat in the room at the drums and played in a very original way. Once friends and colleagues from the stage came to visit my father. Ringo Starr decided to show the master class to a six-year-old kid and began to play the drum kit. What he heard disappointed and pushed him away from playing this instrument for a long time.
Education
In 1985, Dhani goes to Badgemore School in Henley. After graduating, he enters a private institution (dolphin school) in Twyford and Shiplake College.
1993 - enters Brown University, gets an education in physics, masters design. The young man approached the choice of a profession deliberately, but after working for several years after the institute in aerodynamics, he lost interest in it and left his job. Increasingly, he began to pick up the guitar and write songs.
Career
Dhani's musical career began with the completed project of his father. The album was released in the spring of 2002. In the fall of the same year, he takes part in a concert in memory of George Harrison, along with colleagues and friends of his father. Most of the people present at the memorial day noted that Dhani was an exact copy of the pope.
2006 - participation in various musical projects of Lyam Lynch, Jacob Dylan and recording a song by John Lennon. The compositions were recorded in the album in memory of John, which was released in 2007. Also, creating a duet as the basis for your group and recording the first video.
From 2007 to 2009, Dhani recorded several new songs, released two albums and one video game. Collaborated with a Californian group (Rooney calls the world).
During the laying of a star in honor of his father on the Walk of Fame in the spring of 2009, Dhani took the microphone in his hands, just said, and fell silent.
2010 brings new achievements and a new group, in which, in addition to the existing former duo, two new members appear - Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur. They called their team Fistful of Mercy (A handful of mercy) and at the end of the year a fresh album, As I Call You Down, was released.
Personal life
Dani found happiness with Icelandic model Solveig Karadottir in June 2012. The thirty-three-year-old musician chose his wife, a beautiful girl who ended her modeling career and was educated as a psychologist. The wedding took place on the Thames family estate in the presence of his father's best friends and fellow rock band Tom Hanks, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Clive Owen. The young couple did not advertise their family life in the media. After living for 4 years in Los Angeles, Dhani filed for divorce, explaining this act by constant quarrels and disagreements between them.
Few facts
- Dhani was fond of Formula 1 racing and often traveled for them around the world. His father contributed to the love of cars and racing.
- Over the years of hard work, the young man mastered the guitar, synthesizer, piano, vocals and alternative rock.
- Over the decades, Danny has taken part in several projects, wrote music for video games, performed with his group "Thenewno2" (number 2) in various clubs in America. The band got its name in honor of the popular hero of the television series "The Prisoner".
- The first mini-album contained only 4 songs. In 2008, a large collection was released, which became the start to the active creative work of the group.
- He starred in 19 films of the comedy and drama genre. The very first experience of the acting profession was a 2002 film called "Day 37" (Day 37).
- 2018 was marked by a new tape "Maya", but Dhani continues to work and plans to move on in his musical and acting career.
