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Here is a little story in case you are interested! Marco was born in Italy in 1987 into a family of musicians. He started playing drums and percussion at the age of 3 and, from age 10, studied with Giorgio Gandino, Fiorenzo Sordini, Paolo Franciscone, Alessandro Minetto, Enzo Zirilli, Stefano Bagnoli and Elio Rivagli. He also attended the CFM in Torino and the Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz.

He fell in love with the idea of becoming a drum educator at age 17 and hasn’t stopped since!

Through his work with children and adults, from complete beginners to very advanced musicians, he keeps learning how to inspire people and help them find their own personal style.

From the age of 18, live performances and TV festivals took him around the world as this beautiful passion became his full-time job. His work has included The Fuzztones, Gut Reaction and Rabia Sorda, alongside collaborations with Sofi de la Torre, Sigue Sigue Sputnik Electronic, Simonetta Haupstadtharfe at the MTV Music Awards, Experiment N.Q with members of Therion, and Philipp Gorbachev & The Naked Man at BOILER ROOM, CTM and Outline. These collaborations have taken him to Mexico, Costa Rica, France, Greece, the Czech Republic, Spain, Russia, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK, to name a few!

Giulia was born in Crema, Italy, in 1990 and began studying ballet at a local dance school at the age of 3. Her training took her to several professional centres, studying with teachers including Marinel Stefanescù, Liliana Cosi, Margarita Smirnova and Carmen Ragghianti. She went on to study contemporary dance at Beltrami’s Academy, graduating in 2012.

After dancing in several projects in Berlin, she joined Dagipoli Dance Theatre in Athens, Greece, in October 2012 and took part in the European BioMechanix project.

In 2013, Giulia returned to Germany, dancing in pieces by Siciliano Contemporary Ballet. Her work has also included Istant /Berlin and SetTanz Theatre in Nuremberg.

In January 2015, she co-founded Gut Reaction – Percussive Dance Theatre with Marco Rivagli, bringing percussion into her performance and choreography. Her interest in human anatomy led her to explore ways to support the physical side of drumming.

Nahuel was born in Cles, Italy, in 1991 into an Argentinian family. His first encounter with music was in high school, when he started playing guitar and joined local bands. In 2012, he discovered and fell in love with percussion. After studying with different teachers, he moved to Berlin in 2015, met Marco Rivagli and began taking drum lessons with him, bringing his skills and focus to the next level.

In November 2017, Marco and Giulia Mandelli invited him to join Gut Reaction during the creation of their piece “Plastic”. In summer 2019, Nahuel joined the Ukrainian band Andrew Bear, making his debut at the Sternburg Festival in Leipzig. Alongside his work with local bands, he created and performed three further pieces with Gut Reaction: Viri Sancti Libidinum, Zwang See and Humant.

At the end of 2020, he began working with Berlin Drum Experience on Practice Pad Routine (PPR). After several years of intensive teacher training, he also began teaching and sharing ideas in lessons.

His music and performing-arts work has included the Berlin-based electro-punk project Patokai from Argentina, Gut Reaction, Andrew Bear and other local and international collaborations.

Roberto studied with bassists Matt Garrison and Dominique Di Piazza. In 2005, he attended Berklee College of Music, joined Joanne Brackeen’s ensemble and formed Oddflow with Hara Garacci and Louis Cato. He also studied jazz improvisation privately with trombonist Hal Crook. After moving to New York, he joined avant-garde pop singer Adama’s band and continued performing with Oddflow, with Marko Djordjevic on drums.

His recordings include Re-Evaluation Time (2010), Lapse of Worry (2017) and Beyond Turbines (2015), a collaboration with Steve Hunt, Bjössi Klütsch and Virgil Donati featuring many of Roberto’s compositions.

Based in Berlin, his collaborations have included Nu Genea, the Aly Keita Trio, Silent Jazz Ensemble, Raumschiff Jazz and For Free Hands.

Choose your favourite songs with your drum teacher and prepare them in your lessons. Then rehearse with ADAMORE before joining the full band for a finale. It’s about making music together and being the heartbeat of the band.

Based in Berlin, Adam Sandahl, known as ADAMORE, is the singer of the cover band PLeaSureDomE, where Marco Rivagli was the original drummer. His own singer-songwriter project has a “glam folk” sound, drawing on The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Love and The Byrds, alongside The Lemon Twigs and Foxygen.

He previously fronted Stockholm’s rock ’n’ roll band Voodoo Mansion and has led the Swedish band Adam Sandahl Grupp since 1995.

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Silvia Dallera, also known as SiQue, is an Italian singer and vocal educator who moved to Berlin in 2016. She began studying flute at six and singing in 2000, before starting to perform with local hard-rock cover bands at seventeen.

Her background includes studies in arts and performance, music and art therapy, and singing therapy. Alongside her work as a performer, she has experience in music and singing therapy and teaching.

She began writing music with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Pedretti in 2012. As Sique and Petrol, they released their first album in 2013. In Berlin, she co-founded Natalie’s High with Nahuel Arias and Patrick Ruetter; the band was active until 2021.

At BDE, Silvia helps drummers explore breathing, vocal control and backing vocals.