www.marcelowoloski.com
Marcelo Woloski is a Latin-Grammy winning percussionist, drummer and composer from Buenos Aires based in New York City. His broad array of sounds, versatility, masterful skill, charismatic personality and unique approach to percussion setups and orchestration has made him the to-go person for recording artists, producers and arrangers throughout the globe. While Marcelo is very active in the NY scene, he is also constantly touring the world with different artists and groups like Snarky Puppy, Banda Magda, Gregorio Uribe BIg Band and the groups of Sofía Ribeiro, Farah Siraj, and Nicolas Ospina. Performing and recording credits include grammy winning artists such as Susana Baca, Marta Gomez, Lalah Hathaway, The Kronos Quartet, and Arturo O´Farril. He is currently working on his debut album.
Marcelo endorses LP (Latin Percussion) instruments and Garrahand.

Marcelo Woloski is one of today’s most active, innovative and versatile world-music percussionists in New York City. His constant demand as a live performer and recording artist has led him to play approximately 200 shows per year with different artists in a wide range of music genres. Among his most recent studio work is Lulu Gainsburg’s tribute to his father, the legendary Serge Gainsburg “From Lulu to Gainsbourg,” which features musicians such as Richard Bona, Lou Reed’s rhythm section, and Iggy pop among others.



Marcelo’s mark is his melodic approach to rhythm and his ability to combine a variety of percussion instruments to create a full-sounding groove. This is best demonstrated when he does solo performances, in which he improvises rhythms on the spot with his loop station, voice, and all kinds of percussion instruments.



LP (Latin Percussion) and Garrahand endorser, Mr. Woloski has been actively recording and touring world wide for the past years, sharing stage with internationally acclaimed artists such as Grammy winners Gloria Estefan, Pablo Ziegler and Fernando Otero, and performing at world renowned venues such as The Blue Note, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Lincoln Center and the Boston Symphony Hall among others.



Besides being an outstanding performer, Marcelo is also a gifted composer. He has been featured as a composer in world music compilations such as “Les Terrasses Ibiza” (Pschent 2008) and “The Old New School” (Jazz Revelation Records 2007), and his compositions are performed by many some of the artists he collaborates with, including Gregorio Uribe Big Band and Eleonora Bianchini.



Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marcelo started playing the drum set at the young age of three and formally started studying when he was eight years old. As a teenager he discovered the art of hand percussion, which he later developed with some of the best percussionists in Cuba, Brazil, Colombia and his native Argentina. Finishing high school he entered the EMC (Escuela de Música Contemporánea), where he studied music theory, composition and arrangements. Shortly after graduating he received a scholarship to continue his studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied with first class jazz musicians Terry Lynn Carrington, Mark Walker, Jammey Haddad, and Kenwood Dennard among others. At Berklee he won the “Ralph Pace Award” for outstanding performance skills and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2007. He then moved to New York City, where he has been living to the present day.