Calypsociation Steel Orchestra rehearses on the "Drag", minutes before they took the Queen's Park Savannah stage at the International Panorama Competition. They are seen here playing "Prophet Of Pan" arranged by Mathieu Borgne & Laurent Lalsingue.
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Calypso Rose & Calypsociation
Date: 08.15.03
Mathieu Borgne - 2003 Panorama Arranger for Women In Steel
By NICOLE VANDERBROOK - WST Press
Having discovered pan music for the first time just five years ago, it is remarkable considering Mathieu Borgne’s resumé thus far. Borgne, originally from France, has already been to Trinidad three times, and is currently in Brooklyn working with Women In Steel, arranging for the 2003 Panorama, which is just around the corner.
Thirty-year-old Borgne is no stranger to the music scene, having played piano and then drums for several years. However, he had no idea of the pan culture 'till running into a band that was looking for a drummer, pan band. The eccentricity and the harmony of the pan music drew him in and ignited his curiosity for the culture.
Just a few months after his discovery of pan in 1998, Borgne traveled to Trinidad for his first-ever Carnival. He returned in 1999 as well for the Carnival, and then in 2002 along with a French band, Calypsociation, for the World Band Festival.
https://www.panonthenet.com/spotlight/2003/borgne/wisarranger.htm
NLCB PanoGrama 2021 | Prelims - Mathieu Borgne