At 21 years of age, Damian Corniola has been touted as Australia 's nova in the wings. Damian has studied with and been influenced by drumming oracles Virgil Donati, Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Andrew Gander, Graham Morgan and Frank Corniola, and has successfully welded their drumset wizardry into his own individual, powerful and eclectic style.



Damian Corniola was christened into the world of drums at 15 months and at the tender age of four, performed with The Drumtek Junior Ensemble at the 1993 Ultimate Drummer's Day. He went on to astound attendees at the Australian International Music Show in 1994, 1995 and 1997, with exhilarating displays of independence, groove and maturity beyond his years.



At 10, Damian Corniola released the top-selling, instructional video, Inspirations - a world 1st - opened for Dennis Chambers at a major drum clinic in Melbourne and embarked on his first national clinic tour supporting renowned drummer/educator, Darryn Farrugia.



His extraordinary fusion of odd time meters, polyrhythmic interpretation and double bass ascendancy led him to win Australia 's Best Up & Coming Drummer Competition Junior title in 1997, Intermediate title in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and at the tender age of 16 won the open category in 2004.



In 2002, at 14 years of age, Damian Corniola turned professional and featured on Australia 's Ultimate Drummer's Weekend 10th Anniversary DVD. In 2004 Damian was then appointed to the inaugural teaching panel at the Drumtek School of Music and in 2005 was again invited back to perform at AUDW after another victory, winning the open age division of Australia's Best Up & Coming Drummer Competition.



Having performed in Argentina , stunning audiences at The 2005 Mendoza Drum Festival, Damian Corniola continues to establish himself as one of Australia 's most sought after session players and clinicians. His 2005 Mendoza Drum Festival performance has now been released on an internationally available DVD.



2005 saw Damian Corniola once again venture to foreign shores, performing at The International Music Show in China along side seasoned drumming stars, Simon Phillips and Gregg Bissonette.



In 2007, Damian Corniola will attend the National Association of Musical Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim California to meet with the cream of the industry, his long established endorsement companies and promote the up coming launch of two solo releases that will surely cement his reputation as one of the industry's youngest rising stars.