ABOUT MIGDALIA VAN DER HOVEN
Migdalia van der Hoven is an international award winning Mexican-British drummer who is currently working in the UK's musical theatre, jazz and function scene. Credit highlights include: The Royal Shakespeare Company, Little Shop of Horrors UK Tour 2024, SIX the Musical International Tour and West End; Operation Mincemeat (Deputy - Fortune Theatre, London); Cake the Musical (Lyric Theatre, London); Billie The Kid (Vaudeville Theatre, London); The Smith's Show (Soho Theatre, London); Cinderella (Watford Palace Theatre); Defying Gravity UK Tour (Deputy) with further
West End projects coming soon; and drummer for the The Coronation Prom held at the Royal Albert Hall with The All Souls Orchestra.
Migdalia is an endorsed artist for Vater Percussion, Remo USA, Bosphorus Cymbals, and RTOM Corporation.
A Berklee College of Music alumna, she studied under Jackie Santos, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Mark Walker.
She now serves as the UK Ambassador for "Women in Jazz Media".
Renowned for her groove, sensitivity, and versatility, Migdalia excels across genres such as funk, jazz, Latin, pop, and musical theatre.
Migdalia leads the "The Migdalia van der Hoven Quartet". The band released the EP "Girl Facing South" in 2021, followed by their debut album "Point of Departure" recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Performances supporting the album have included renowned venues such as
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, The Crypt at St.Martin's-in-the-Fields, Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club as well as apperances at the
EFG London Jazz Festival 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Migdalia has performed across the UK with Yolanda Brown OBE, The Kingdom Choir, Scott Stroman, Mawaan Rizwan, Russell Brand,
Adam Glasser, The All Souls Orchestra and has made multiple appearances on the BBC and ITV.
She was part of the Cornbury Festival in 2022 and billed alongside artists such as Bryan Adams, Jools Holland and Ronan Keating.
As a member of the National Jazz Orchestra of Mexico, Migdalia supports young women through scholarships to continue their studies in jazz. She has hosted drum masterclasses in the UK and Mexico and presented internationally;
In 2023, she participated at The UK Drum Show as a panelist.
Migdalia was named "Woman of the Year" in Mexico in 2022 for her contributions to arts and culture.
She has also been selected to join the Drumset Committee at the Percussive Arts Society, the world’s largest percussion organisation in the world.
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Tec Woman Award 2022 here:
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
UK 2021
- PIANO SMITHFIELD 04/08
- RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ CLUB 21/08
- THE BEAR CLUB 11/09
- SOHO JAZZ FESTIVAL 15-17/09
- TOULOUSE LAUTREC JAZZ CLUB 24/09
- PIZZA EXPRESS LIVE 06/10
- EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 17/11
- EVIE ROSE @HIPPODROME CASINO 06/12
MEXICO TOUR 2022
- MASTERCLASS NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF MEXICO (LIVESTREAM)
- CEDEM YAMAHA MASTERCLASS + CONCERT 28/02
- TEC DE MONTERREY (WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD) 01/03
- SAXY JAZZ CLUB 01/03
UK 2022
- KARAMEL N22 16/01
- PIANO SMITHFIELD 11/02
- THE BEDFORD 08/03
- CORNBURY FESTIVAL 09/07
- THE DORCHESTER HOTEL ROOFTOP 21/07
- THE SHARD OBLIX 23/07
- THE TAJ HOTEL 13/08
- THE DORCHESTER HOTEL ROOFTOP 19/08
- THE TAJ HOTEL 20/08
- WOOLWICH WORKS - 28/08
- THE DORCHESTER HOTEL ROOFTOP 03/09
- TOULOUSE LAUTREC JAZZ CLUB 17/09
- FIONA ROSS @JAZZ CAFE - 09/11
- EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 17/11
- THE CRYPT @ST.MARTIN'S IN THE FIELDS 30/11
- JAZZ CAFE POSK 02/12
UK & FRANCE 2023
- THE SHARD OBLIX 21/01
- PIANO SMITHFIELD (PABLO ETTINGER) 21/02
- JAZZ CAFE POSK 31/03
- FRANCE TOUR (MICHELLE CHOI) 16/04
- THE CORONATION PROM @ROYAL ALBERT HALL 06/05
- TOULOUSE LAUTREC JAZZ CLUB (MVDH QUARTET) - 19/05
- PABLO ETTINGER & THE BLUE NOTES - 22/05
- INEZA @CRAZY COQS - 08/07
- POSTMODERN JUKEBOX @THE SQUARE CLUB - 29/07
- INEZA @BOISDALE - 08/08
- EDISON HERBERT QUARTET @BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL 11/08
- MAWAAN COMEDY GALA @THE ROUNDHOUSE 23/09
- SALTY BRINE: BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN – THE SMITHS SHOW @SOHO THEATRE 29/08 - 16/09
- CAKE THE MUSICAL @LYRIC THEATRE 20/09 - 24/09
- QUEEN BEATS - 29/09
- THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME - A WEST END CELEBRATION @LYRIC THEATRE - 22/10
- BILLIE THE KID MUSICAL @VAUDEVILLE THEATRE 06/11 -20/11
- EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL - THE MIGDALIA VAN DER HOVEN QUARTET 19/11
- PABLO ETTINGER & THE BLUE NOTES @THE CRYPT - 29/11
- CINDERELLA @WATFORD PALACE THEATRE 29/11 - 31/12
UK, US & FRANCE 2024
- NAMM SHOW MASTERCLASS @LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - 25/01
- LUIS CANO TRIO @TEMPLE OF ARTS AND MUSIC - 10/02
- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS UK TOUR - 21/02 - 22/06
- CHARIOTS OF FIRE @ROYAL ALBERT HALL - 04/05
- CHICHESTER JAZZ CLUB ALL STARS - 28/06
- FREDDY LOVE @KING'S HEAD THEATRE 31/07-04-08
- OPERATION MINCEMEAT COVER @FORTUNE THEATRE WEST END - 07/08
-THE MIGDALIA VAN DER HOVEN QUARTET @TOULOUSE LAUTREC JAZZ CLUB 17/08
- SIX THE MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL TOUR @SALFORD QUAYS 24/08 - 28/08
- FRANCE TOUR @MIGDALIA VAN DER HOVEN QUARTET 30/08-01/09
- THEATRE SHOW TBC 09/09 - 15/11 -
- IVORY PABLO & THE BLUE NOTES @PIANO SMITHFIELD 09/10
- DEFYING GRAVITY: A WEST END CELEBRATION - 16/11
- WOMEN IN JAZZ MEDIA @EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024 - 24/11
- IVORY PABLO & THE BLUE NOTES @THE CRYPT ST MARTIN'S IN THE FIELDS - TBC
- IVORY PABLO & THE BLUE NOTES @RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ CLUB - TBC
UK 2025
- EDWARD II @ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 01/03 - 06/04
- BRAZEN BRASS BAND @MANCHESTER FOLK FESTIVAL - 20/03
- DEFYING GRAVITY @THE CENTRAL THEATRE CHATHAM - 30/03
- LIVING RECORD COLLECTION - ANNIE LENNOX @SOHO THEATRE - 12- 26/04
- PROM PRAISE WONDER @ROYAL ALBERT HALL - 03/05
- JESS VAITKEVICIUS @PIZZA EXPRESS HOLBORN - 10/05
- THE DR. HOOK SONGBOOK NATIONAL THEATRE TOUR - 16/05
- THE ROOTS OF JAZZ - 14/06
- BRAZEN BRASS BAND - 10/07 - 20/07
- EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL @THE CRYPT (ST MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS) - 19&22/11
- ROOTS OF JAZZ - 14/06
-EDWARD II - ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 2025 - info here.
- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS UK TOUR 2024 - info here.
- SIX THE MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL TOUR - info here.
CONTACT
London, UK