Getting to Know Our Stars!
10 Questions for Gabriela Chovancova Konrad from THREESTYLE (Magdalena's Twin Sister!)

1. How old were you when you first started playing music?
Me and my twin Magdalena must have started kicking the bass drum in our mom’s belly! A bit later, around the age of five, I started on the piano, and at about 11 the guitar - I wasn’t allowed to play the drums because we lived in an apartment ... but I wanted to play the drums so much so that finally our mom bought me a drum set … but our neighbors were not happy. I also learned to play the recorder, vibraphone, timpani, percussion, and we both sang in our mom 's choir. And I still continue to learn music, instruments, new music genres .. That’s the beautiful thing about music.

 2. Who was/is your biggest musical inspiration?
Chick Corea, Mahavishu Orchestra, Yellow Jackets, Tower of Power...

3. Where do you make your home?
Austria and South Africa

4. Do you have any pets?
Not right now but we used to have a dog when we were kids who was called Barynka. We have children now.
5. What is the best concert/gig you have ever done?
Spaghettini club in California with Threestyle - it was great playing with James Manning (bassist for Chaka) on bass, Latonya Gilliard on vocals, then Lubich Bigband in Austria - it had a large and beautiful string orchestra and big band, and then playing in Rio de Janeiro with the Valdezi Oliveira band .
 
6. What is the best concert you have ever attended?
Sting
 
7. Do you have an all-time favourite song or album?
Vinnie Colaiuta Private Earthquake.
 
8. What musician would you still most like to work with?
James L. Manning 
 
9. If you weren't a musician what would you be?
Maybe a music teacher - I love working with children and l also love swimming, surfing ,skiing , swimming , cooking , playing golf, traveling. Combining things I love as a profession would be cool .
 
10. What is your favourite thing about Vancouver?
I've never been there but I love the pictures, it is so spectacular - beautiful skyline , the sea, and I love our fans from WAVE 98.3!