KEVIN FORBES

EXCLUSIVE-SOUND LIVE CONCEPTS · MUSIC PRODUCTION

About

Kevin Forbes as a child, holding a drumstick in front of a live band
Kevin Forbes · Musical Director · the early years
Kevin Forbes with Stevie Woods after a performance
Kevin Forbes with Stevie Woods · Aftershow

Trained on several instruments from childhood and gifted with the rare ability to play anything he has heard only once and interpret it with an exceptional melodic sensibility, Kevin Forbes was still in his teens when he began winning over audiences at the grand pianos of Düsseldorf’s finest hotels and clubs.

From there, his path leads to engagements with internationally operating agencies, where he finds himself working alongside established musicians and solo artists of considerable standing. Across a wide range of event and concert formats, Forbes gains experience and increasingly establishes himself as a musical director, composer, arranger and producer. With Exclusive-Sound, he ultimately brings these different fields together on his own terms.

To this day, Kevin Forbes remains at home in two worlds that can at times be very different: professionally, in the “rather particular” world of the music business; privately, more often in the business and social circles of his clients. A shared understanding of style and standards makes it easy to discuss ideas clearly on familiar ground and translate them into music with precision.

Asked about this balancing act, as unusual as it is useful, Kevin Forbes says:

“Wherever in this world I may be – at the grand piano, I speak every tongue.”
Kevin Forbes in a private setting