Ney Rosauro
Percussionist, Composer and Educator

A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ney Rosauro has developed a successful international career as a percussionist, composer and pedagogue.

His numerous compositions and method books have become standard in the percussion repertoire, and his CDs have been hailed by critics, percussionists and general music-lovers alike.

He is considered the most popular composer of percussion concerti, which average 150 performances each year by orchestras and wind ensembles worldwide. His Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra is the most popular percussion concerto of all time and has been performed over 1,000 times by distinguished orchestras.

As soloist and pedagogue he has done courses, solo concerts and performances with orchestras in Brazil, Cuba, México, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, Poland, Belgium, Croatia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, England, Scotland, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Macao, China, Japan and USA.

For 30 years he has been teaching percussion at all educational levels, and since 2000, he is the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Miami, FL, USA.

Dr. Rosauro is a Yamaha, Sabian, MalletWorks and Contemporanea artist and plays exclusively with mallets and sticks by Vic Firth.