BIOGRAPHY

FABIO ROJAS is a Venezuelan-American Drummer, Film Composer and Educator based in New York City. Originally from Valencia, Venezuela. 
Rojas has performed with artists such as Greg Osby, Geri Allen, Grace VanderWaal, Pepe de Lucia, Terri Lyne Carrington, John Cowherd, Mike Rodriguez, Sean Jones, Pablo Menares, Kevin Harris, Lonnie Plaxico, David Bixler, Dan Loomis and in venues such as Lincoln Center, 54 Below, SXSW, BU Agganis Arena, TEDx, NAMM Show, RIFF, Boston Symphony Hall, Smoke Jazz Club, Daegu Jazz Festival, among many others. 

In Sept 2024 Fabio Rojas released his debut album as a leader called Perseverance, which  has been highly acclaimed by International Press such as "One of the most brilliant albums that I had in my hands in recent years - Paris Move". The album features jazz legend Greg Osby, Gustavo D'amico, Kevin Harris, Osmar Okuma and Fabio Rojas. The name of the album is inspired by the quote "El que persevera, vence". Which translates to: "He who perseveres, wins".
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Rojas earned his Master of Music in Jazz Studies (Magna Cum Laude) at CUNY  Queens College 23', where he studied with Michael Mossman.
Prior to this Fabio Rojas earned his Bachelor of Music with a Dual Major in Performance and Professional Music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music 14' in Boston, thanks to a Scholarship and hard work. There he had the honor of being mentored by Terri Lyne Carrington and Kim Plainfield. 

          
Besides performing and composing music for films, Rojas also educates and is currently a Faculty member at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. He also has given Master Classes at The University of Montana, Furman Berklee College of Music, University, College of Charleston, Northeastern State University, Youngstown State University, Jazz St. Louis, Conservatorio Sergei Rachmaninov,  and many other locations around the globe. 
 
Before moving to the US, Rojas studied Jazz Performance at UNEARTE (previously called IUDEM), while being a Drum set instructor at Taller de Jazz Caracas and Percussion instructor at Colegio Emil Friedman. 

Fabio Rojas plays Zildjian Cymbals, Vater Drumsticks, Roland, Canopus Drums and ADV Sound iem's exclusively.