Fabio Pirozzolo

Fabio Pirozzolo is a drummer, percussionist, composer and educator. Originally from Terracina, Italy, he started his career as folk percussionist in one of the most famous folk groups in his area. This experience gave him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. A Summa Cum Laude Berklee College of Music graduated he performed and performs in virtually any kind of music from Jazz to Heavy Metal. He's currently a member of Tony Gallo’s Group, Grand Fattilla, Newpoli and many many more... In 2005 he creates his own folk group, the “Gruppo Folcloristico Italiano”, along with accordionist Roberto Cassan and guitarist Douglas Siqueira Jr. The main idea of the group is to perform old and new Italian Folk music from Northern and from Southern of Italy in the style of the Italian folk tradition. His experiences led him to collaborate with Berklee College world-class teachers Skip Hadden and Casey Scheuerell. He taught master classes at Berklee and worked at Emerson College as accompanist for dance classes. He’s the author of all the drum transcriptions for Skip Hadden's drum book "Profiles in Jazz Drumming". His transcriptions are featured on the most important Italian drum magazine “Percussioni” and on Polish drum magazine "Top Drummer".