My name is Valon Berisha, I live in Prishtina, Kosovo. My joy and passion for playing drums started at a very young age. Influenced from my older brother, I started my journey with a dream! A dream to become a professional drummer. One of my childhood joys, that always brings wide smile to my face, was watching the “Animal” from “The Muppet Show”, the monster who played drums, often repeating a phrase such as “BEAT DRUMS! BEAT DRUMS!”. The next thing I know, I started striking objects with anything I could find that resembled drumsticks. Later, I improvised my very own drum set with buckets and barrels and played along the tunes of Gun’s N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and other 90’s bands. In my teen years, I received my very first real drum set as a gift from my brother. The joy was massive and drumming became more than just a hobby.
Following my dream, I quickly emerged as a member of a few Rock/Alternative and Nu Metal bands with whom I stayed for quite some time. My journey had started and took me to places I always wanted to be. Shortly after that, I realized that I was developing interest in other genres as well, such as Hip-Hop and Pop. That being said, I started playing drums in various clubs as part of their music show programs. Also, I’ve been part of numerous festivals where I performed live shows with various DJ’s including the fact that I had the opportunity to share the stage with well known artists such as Chamillionaire, The Game, Busta Rhymes and few more.
Currently, I play drums for an Albanian Pop artist, Dafina Zeqiri and a Hip-Hop artist, BimBimma. I’m a member of an alternative band “Trampoline” and the co-founder of “Prishtina Drum Festival” that was launched for the first time in 2019.
