London's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is pleased to announce Carlo Salaris as the winner of its inaugural Italian Drum Scholarship programme, run together with Italian education partners Sonus Factory and Scuola di Music Cluster plus media partner Drumset magazine.
The finals were held at Scuola di Music Cluster in Milan and Sonus Factory in Rome respectively. Each finalist was interviewed by a panel of judges including Pete Whittard, Institute Director, and Justin Scott, Head of Drums at the Institute, followed by a five minute live performance.
The judges were extremely impressed by the high standard of all the entries. After long deliberation they chose twenty-four year old Carlo Salaris from Accademia del Suono for the 2013 DrumSet Mag cholarship.
Drum scholarship winner Carlo will now relocate to the Institute’s prestigious London campus for ten weeks to attend an intensive performance course. The scholarship also includes flights to and from London and accommodation. Carlo expressed his excitement on being granted the award as follows:
"I can't even believe that it really happened to me! This is a great privilege and I can't wait to do my best. I'm sure the experience will increase my passion!"
