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Www.Myspace.Com/rocaoriol Jazz And Experimental Music Drummer Born September 1979 In Barcelona Spain. He Started Playing Drums At Eleven Years Old Taking Lessons From Different Drummers Based In Barcelona Jo Krause Salvador Niebla Peer Wyboris Jorge Rossy Aldo Caviglia Or David Xirgu Among Others. On 2001 Moves To The Netherlands And Stays There For 5 Years Studying In The Hague's Royal Conservatory And Graduates On 2006. He Is Currently Playing In Different Jazz And Improvised Music Bands In Belgium France The Netherlands And Spain With Musicians Such As Jeroen Van Herzeele Ben Sluijs Giovanni Di Domenico Eric Vermeulen Manolo Cabras David Mengual Giulia Valle Alexandra Grimal Augusto Pirodda Vrak' Trio Joan Díaz Didier Labbé Dani Pérez Riccardo Luppi Ben Sluijs Lynn Cassiers David Xirgu Paolo Angeli And Many Others. Beside His Career As Jazz Musician Oriol Roca Works As Well As Studio Musician For Artists Such As Singer-Songwriter Refree Or Spanish Hip Hop Icon Mala Rodriguez Among Many Others. He Has Also Work Together With Spanish Pop-Rock Artists Amaral American Producer And Composer Dave Bianchi Folkloric Singer Martirio American Singer-Songwriter Amanda Jayne Or With The Self-Defined "galactical" Catalan Artist Jaume Sisa.
Currently Living In Barcelona Where He Co-Founded CREA Improvisation Collective In 2007 He Is Working With The Contemporary Dance Company Lanònima Imperial In Its Latest Show "Nuevas Oportunidades De Fracaso". He Is Been Invited To Play As Well With Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De Navarra And Orquestra Nacional Clàssica D'Andorra. Oriol Roca Endorses TIMBALDRUMS Custom-Made Drums. Discography Upcoming Releases * ORIOL ROCA - Tomba Dei Giganti Whatabout-Music 2010 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/rocaoriol * SAMANTHA DE SIENA - Here Inside Whatabout-Music 2010 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/samanthadesiena Released Albums * DAVID MENGUAL - Maitia Ad Libs Arts 2010 Spain * LESLIE HELPERT - Ulu Whatabout-Music 2009 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/serpentfly * MARC MENA QUARTET - You Can't Fight Against Ants Whatabout-Music 2009 Spain * DAVE BIANCHI - Suburbs Of Salt Whatabout-Music 2009 Spain . Http //www.Myspace.Com/lancespana * MUT TRIO -1374 Whatabout-Music 2009 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/muttrio * VRAK' TRIO - TLS-BCN Live Label Manivelle 2008 France . Awards Vrak' Trio Was Awarded With 1st Prize On Barcelona's Jazz Montjuïc 2007 Contest. Www.Labelmanivelle.Com * DAVE BIANCHI - Baby Disco Whatabout-Music 2008 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/lancespana * ANKA KOZIEL QUARTET - Tales Of The Forest Olthof Productions 2008 The Netherlands . Www.Ankakoziel.Com * REFREE - Els Invertebrats Acuarela 2007 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/refree * MALA RODRÍGUEZ & ORIGINAL JAZZ ORQUESTRA - Tengo Un Trato Mondo Records 2008 Spain Compilation . Www.Malarodriguez.Com * ROGER MAS & REFREE - La Soledat TVC Edicions 2007 Spain Compilation * IMMIGRASONS Aqua Records 2007 Argentina * IMMIGRASONS Discmedi 2007 Spain * PER AL MEU AMIC... SERRAT - Menuda Discmedi 2007 Spain Compilation * ROGER MAS - Mística Domèstica K Industria 2005 Spain . Www.Rogermas.Cat
Album Awards Premi Altaveu 2005 Premi Enderrock Best Singer-Songwriter Album 2005 ARC 2005 * REFREE - La Matrona Acuarela 2005 Spain . Www.Myspace.Com/refree
Album Awards Premi Puigporret 2005 Premi Altaveu 2005 Premi Enderrock Best Pop-Rock Album 2005 Best Top 10 Album Of 2005 By Rolling Stone Magazine French Edition Best Video Clip 2005 By Rock Delux Magazine. * CHOCADELIA INTERNACIONAL - Ranchory Músiques Del Carib 2004 Spain . Www.Chocadeliainternacional.Com Oriol Roca's Performances On International Music Festivals Festival Internacional De Jazz De Buenos Aires 2007 Argentina Jazz At Home 2005 Belgium Isole Che Parlano Festival 2009 Italy Jazz À Colignac 2004 France Mercado Cultural De Salvador Da Bahia 2007 Brasil Mercat De Música Viva De Vic MMVV 2006 And 2007 Spain Festival Jazz Garrigue 2007 France Festival Tanned Tin 2007 Spain Festival 31 Notes D'Été 2007 France Festival Mosaïque 2006 France Jazz À Marciac 2004 France Festival Jazzèbre 2007 And 2008 France Festival Jazz À Luz 2007 France Festival Digressions 2008 Spain Festival Câmbio Sonoro 2008 Brasil Festival Jazz Marathon 2006 Belgium Festival De La Mercè 2006 Spain Jazz Á Midi 2006 France Festival Viñarock 2009 Spain Charlie Jazz Festival 2009 France Festival Grec De Barcelona 2009 Spain Festival Atac De Jazz 2009 Spain Festival Sonorama 2009 Spain Festival Cruïlla De Cultures 2009 Spain Oriol Roca's Performances On European And American Jazz Clubs And Concert Halls The Music Village Brussels Teatro Castro Alves Salvador Da Bahia Jamboree Barcelona Calle 54 Madrid Doelencafé Rotterdam De Jazz Zolder Mechelen Teatro Santa Isabel Recife Murmure Café Brussels Sunset Jazz Club Girona Nova Jazz Cava Terrassa Murphy's Law The Hague Bogui Madrid Jazz Vides A Coruña The Sounds Brussels Dizzy Rotterdam Botanique Brussels Notorius Buenos Aires Berlin Jazz Café Madrid Pannonica The Hague Sala Galileo Madrid Paradiso Amsterdam Jazz Mandala Toulouse Razzmatazz Barcelona Manteca Jazz Vigo Flagey Brussels Alto Amsterdam De Regentekamer The Hague The Duke Leiden De Tobbe Voorburg De Muze Antwerp Centro Cultural Recoleta Buenos Aires CCCB Barcelona L'Auditori Barcelona ... read less