The Amazing Michel Ongaro To Grace Tree-House This Thursday!

People often overcome insurmountable obstacles to become roaring successes, but people tend to overlook those feats.

Meet Michel Ongaro, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music coach, active in the music scene since 2002. Michel is not only blind, but also a cancer survivor with a humorous witty side that endears him to all and sundry. He is described as a multi-faceted artiste. Read the rest of his bio below, shared by Treehouse club.

Michel began making music at a tender age with makeshift percussion instruments that he’d make for himself. Having been rendered blind at the age of two, he learnt to overcome this challenge to emerge an artist that is refined in both skill and character.

His musical inspiration comes from artists such as Cesaria Evora, Djelimadi Tounkara, Salif Keita, Franco Makiadi, Diblo Dibala, Africando, Muungano choir, Lee Ritenour, Bin Crosby and many others.

Michel is a source of enlightenment and inspiration to many. With his positive energy and talent, he makes beautiful music that borrows largely from his rich African heritage and blends spectacularly with other music genres from other continents to create quite a charming blend.

Tree-house is on Museum hill, westlands road.