José Giovanni Hidalgo Journet
Giovanni Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in Santurce where he received his primary education. Giovanni come from a renowned lineage of musicians, particularly percussionists. His stepgrandfather Fernando “Nando”Hernández was a musician, his grandmother Luisa Maysonet Marrero was born in Cuba and his father, José Manuel Hidalgo Maysonet «Mañengue», was a renowned conga player. Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas, and timbales. At age 3 he started trying out percussion on any surface he could get his hand