"Pocoleta" from Saltimbanco (Cirque du Soleil)

A close-up overhead view of keyboardist Armen Chakmakian playing on stage for Cirque du Soleil's "Saltimbanco" band in Rio de Janeiro, December 9, 2006.

The music you hear is from the feed of my in-ear monitors.

Armen Chakmakian - Keyboards
Benoit Martin - Guitar
Paul Hanson, Horns, Woodwinds
Marc Soheir, Bass, Bandleader
Serge Maheux - Drums, Percussion
Martin de Blois - Monitor mixer

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Music

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• Armen
• Band
• Pocoleta
• Chakmakian
• Cirque
• du
• Keyboardist
• Keyboards
• Musician
• Saltimbanco
• Soleil

[attilagregory]

Hello friend how are you?

Recently in my country (Brazil) were opened Subscriptions musicians to join the Cirque du Soleil. wonder whether to join this great team is asked to talk English perfectly?

Any help is welcome his thanks and congratulations for his performace

[armenjc]

@attilagregory Hello. I'm doing well thank you. I loved visiting your country! I recommend that you audition. It's a great company and they are always looking for talent. You don't have to speak English well to work for Cirque du Soleil.

[TheMrsrt8]

if u don't mind, exactly how hard are the Cirque auditions? just another drummer with a thought.........

[armenjc]

@TheMrsrt8 That's a difficult question to answer. It depends on your skill and versatility as a musician.

[BrandonProductions1]

I have a question (again sad isn't it, haha). Is this song played when they are removing the chinese poles?

[armenjc]

you saw a different saltimbanco than the one i was in. after 2006 they shortened the show from almost 3 hours to 90 minutes, and it no longer toured as a big top show.

[MummerPop]

OH MY GOODNESS! This is outstanding. Cirque music is nothing less than brilliant. Who do I have to bribe so that I can play in this band! :)

[fpmmotorsports]

Awesome, great quality video and very cool music.

[AppleFoxHana]

I took my friend to Saltimbanco last week :) Some day she wants to be a singer/musician for Cirque so she was absolutely frothing over the band perfoming! XD

[armenjc]

@PMONTAGNANA from top to bottom the others are O1W, K2500, Fantom G8

[warren1322]

wow que buen video, waht a good video and music, congratulations, im from colombia and i have a cuestion: do you know to read music? whit partitures?

[brunoguitar88]

@attilagregory

[TheMrsrt8]

@TheMrsrt8 ilike benoit jutras music better