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Virgile

Composer-performer, Virgile imagines and creates sound universes. Drummer in a rock band since the age of 9, Virgile has always combined his classical and current music training. A higher education at the Pôle Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Lille allowed him to obtain two DNSPMs, one in classical percussion and the other in contemporary […]

Nico Schoeters

Nico Schoeters, Percussionist & Composer, Belgian National Orchestra Nico Schoeters took his first percussion lessons with Eric Buyle in the ‘Academy for Music and Word’ in Boom, near Antwerp, after getting the hang of it through private lessons by Jozef Vervliet. Afterwards he continued his music studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, where he was […]

Mark Ford

Mark Ford is a marimba artist and the Coordinator of Percussion at The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas.  As a Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society and the coordinator of one of the largest percussion programs in the United States at UNT, Ford is an active performer and composer.  Mark has been featured […]

Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski is Poland’s leading jazz vibraphonist, a composer and arranger, and an experienced teacher. He studied percussion at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and jazz and popular music at the Academy of Music in Katowice, from which he graduated with distinction. He is the prize-winner of a number of Polish and European […]

David Therrien Brongo

Based in Montreal, percussionist David Therrien Brongo has carved out a career as a performer, a pedagogue and a researcher. Recognized for his virtuosity, his musicality and his rigorous work ethic, he collaborates regularly with a number of ensembles; he holds the position of Timpanist and principal percussionist with the Orchestre de l’Agora and the Orchestre […]

Ignacio Ceballos Martin

Born in Valencia, IGNACIO CEBALLOS MARTÍN, obtained his percussion diploma at the Conservatorio Profesional “MaestroVert” de Carcagente, Valencia, Spain with Ángel García and carried on his studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Zaragoza with Manel Ramada. He perfected his playing at the Civica Scuola di Musica “Claudio Abbado” di Milano under the guidance […]

Jerry Tachoir

World renowned contemporary jazz mallet artist; Jerry Tachoir is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Jerry is one of the most requested artist/clinicians in the mallet percussion world and received his first endorsement with the Ludwig Company in 1972, while still in high school and already a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony. […]

Daniel Berg

Daniel Berg is a versatile marimba soloist, composer and educator. He holds the position as the percussion and chamber music teacher at the University Colleges of Music in Stockholm, Örebro and Gothenburg (Sweden). In his passion to promote the marimba as a solo- and chamber music instrument, Daniel has worked intimately with a number of […]

Paweł Nowicki

Completed Music School of the 1st and 2nd degree named after F. Nowowiejski in Gdańsk, Music Academy in Bydgoszcz under direction of prof. Grzegorz Jurczyk and Music Conservatory in Strasbourg in Emmanuel Sejourne’s class. Laureate of international contemporary music competitions: Gaudeamus in Rotterdam 1999 (3rd prize) and Clarment-Ferrand 1999 (3rd prize). Gave solo concerts in […]

Alexey Chizhik

Composer, vibraphonist. The only vibraphone player in the world to perform with five sticks at the same time. Has collaborated with such outstanding musicians as Plácido Domingo, Mstislav Rostropovich, Wynton Marsalis, Mariss Jansons, Andrei Kondakov, David Goloshchekin, Arkady Shilkloper, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Krzysztof Penderecki, Eddie Gómez, Larry Porter, Billy Drummond, Andrea Marcelli and JD Walter. Has […]

Wang Yuyan

Dr Yuyan Wang is an active performer and educator whose interest encompass all that the world of percussion has to offer. After completing her undergraduate degree at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she joined the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra for three seasons and then moved to Australia to undertake postgraduate study at the Queensland Conservatorium. While […]

Sergio Calì

Percussionist, composer, producer. Winner of international and national competitions, he has given concerts in Europe, America and Russia. He is a versatile musician ranging from avant-garde music to pop music and jazz. He is professor of percussion at the “A.Toscanini” Conservatory of Ribera in Italy. www.sergiocali.it