Gianluca Palmieri is born in Naples in 1982, he started playin drums at the age of 12. He studied for 5 years with Sergio Di Natale, great drum teacher in Naples aerea.
G.P. studied also with Maxx Furian (Laura Pausini) and Christian Meyer, attending to a lot of clinics like Gregg Bissonette, Sonny Emory, Terry Bozzio, Akira Jimbo, Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, John JR Robinson, Simon Phillips and Dave Weckl.
In 2006 he leaves from Italy to attend the prestigious MUSICIANS INSTITUTE (PIT) in Hollywood, California: he graduates in the Associate of Arts Degree program receiving also the "Oustanding Player Achievement Award".
Gianluca Palmieri is the winner of the M.I. Carlos Vega Memorial Drumoff 2006 , winning the prestigious scholarship in the name of this great drummer and playing in the Carlos Vega Memorial Concert 2006.Gianluca Palmieri played and collaborated with Greg Howe, Andrea Mingardi, Solis Strings Quartet, David Garfield, Neil Stubenaus, Luis Conte, Ernest Tibbs, Walt Fowler, James Harrah, Greg Adams, Brandon Fields, John Pena, Lenny Castro, Airto Moreira, Larry Klimas, Marco Zurzolo Band, Graziano Galatone (Notre Dame de Paris, Tosca), Dario Zeno Trio, Antonio Solimene Combo Orchestra, Big Band Orkestra, Samantha Discolpa (Amici di Maria de Filippi), Paryatta Mondatta (Police tribute), Savonardo, Blandizzi, Marcello Coleman band, Lino Volpe quintet, Nini Band (Official Noa’s tribute), Tribunal Myst Jazz Band, Sandro Deidda, Pippo Matino, Marco Zurzolo, Andrea Palazzo, Lutte Berg, Davide Costagliola, Annibale Guarino, Andrea Tofanelli, Fabrizio Bosso, Luca Aquino, Gianni Ferreri, Valerio Silvestro, Oscar Montalbano, Giulio Martino, Mimmo Langella, Tony Miele, Annalisa Madonna, Antonio Josè Molina, Giuseppe Timbro, Fred Jr Buscaglione, Enzo Autori, Torindo Colangione, Gianfranco Campagnoli, Carlo Fimiani, Antonello Rapuano, Enzo Paparo, Alfonso Deidda, Sasà Flauto, Alessandro Tedesco, Vito Ranucci, Gabriele Borrelli, Guido Russo, etc.GIANLUCA PALMIERI IS ENDORSER OF VIC FIRTH DRUMSTICKSTV SHOWS:VOLPE SHOW 2000
BIRD MAGAZINE 2004 (National TV)
AIRBAG 2005 (National TV and Cable)In 2007 he joins the Greg Howe’s band, recording the new album that is gonna be released in Spring 2008. Gianluca Palmieri is currently teaching drums at TIMBA music school in Rome.
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