OSCAR D´AURIA

Oscar D’Auria Drummer, band leader, author, clinician, teacher, producer…

has performed as a solo artist and sharing stage, TV and radio broadcastings and albums with countless artists in several countries of South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia, Japan and the USA.

Among his credits as an educator is the first book on Rock rhythms ever written in Latin America, namely Introducción al Rock/An Approach to Rock along with his other works…

D’Auria has taught drumming in Argentina, Spain, France and the USA, offering clinics and seminars on drumming and music reading in Argentina, the USA and cities of Spain and Portugal.

His career includes such performing artists as Sandro, Mariano Mores, Roberto Goyeneche, Julio Iglesias, Armando Manzanero, Marco Antonio Solís; music halls and theaters such as the Olympia, Luna Park, CCP in Manila, Kallang in Singapore or Yomiuri in Tokyo.

As a solo artist he recorded with his sextet the albums Afro Tango, Tango 2000 and Latin Fantasy released by Sony Music.

Oscar has recently offered countless shows of Jazz and Latin music with his band Ocean Dreams hired by companies Celebrity Cruises of Royal Caribbean, Holland America and Princess Cruises, sailing towards more than 50 countries.

Oscar D’Auria endorses Remo, Sabian, Gretsch, Vic Firth, Toca, Gibraltar, Hecos, Colombo, Elpeñón.

Influences: Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Joe Morello, Alberto Alcalá, Max Roach, Harold Jones, Billy Cobham, Harvey Mason, Tony Williams, Lenny White, Alex Acuna, Giovanni Hidalgo, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl,
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