© 2025 Davide Roberto
Biography
Davide Roberto is an innovative Italian percussionist and singer originally from Puglia, and currently residing in Rome.
He graduated in Musicology with a Thesis in Ethnomusicology concerning the history and techniques of traditional Italian frame drums (Tamburello and Tammorra).
He attended the Musical Training course for children aged 0-5 at the MusicaNova Association. He is certified as a Drum Circle Facilitator through the VMC Drum Circle Facilitator Training program by Harshil Filippo Chiostri. Sound technician with certification recognized by the Absonant Training Center (Rome).
A self-taught percussionist from a young age, he has also studied with the renowned Italian percussionist Massimo Carrano and at the Popular Music School of Testaccio (Rome) and Percento Musica (Rome).
The musical landscape to which he dedicates himself ranges from world music, folk music, and ethno jazz. In these musical genres, he is dedicated to live music in the Live Clubs of the Capital and also participates in numerous Italian and European festivals, with his musical projects and in collaboration with acclaimed artists in the field.
His concert activity in the field of musical traditions of Central-Southern Italy and the World & Folk Music genre has led him to play and collaborate with: Progetto Migala, Tarantella Underground, Senzaterra, Progetto Satyria, Fratelli Semeraro, Domenico Celiberti, Annamaria Bagorda, Massimiliano Felice, Rino Inchingolo (former member of Officina Zoè), Marcello Piccioni, Nando Citarella and Tamburi del Vesuvio, Compangia del Balletto Popolare directed by Roberta Parravano, Beppe Capozza, Reza Mohsenipour, Hamid Mohsenipour, Solmaz Peymaei, Babak Taghikhani, Gabriele Panico and Popoli Orchestra (which included Alla Bua, Redi Hasa - Notte Della Taranta Cellist, Antonio Marra - Notte Della Taranta Drummer, etc...), Tomma Tommë (with Massimiliano Morabito), Davide Conte (Scantu De Core), Gabriele Caporuscio, Marco Madana Rufo, Maria Serena De Masi, Gianluca Zammarelli, Walter Silvestrelli, Fabio Guandalini, Lavinia Mancusi, Luigi Ferracci, Sherif Fares, Evandro Dos Reis, Coletivo Do Bigode, Andrea Marchesino, Mephitis Ensemble, Marta Dell'Anno, Sara Marini, Paola Bivona, Pietro Nicosia, Gianluca Spirito (Modena City Ramblers), Arturo Stalteri, Mario Pio Mancini, Maurizio Catania, Indaco, Unnaddarè, etc...
In the Summer of 2017 he played at the birthday of Pop Star Madonna.
He is a founding member of the band Progetto Migala, which focuses on the different influences that make up the traditional music of southern Italy; their album World 'n' Folk Music (2014) won the "Battle of the Bands" competition at the World Music Network in the UK. With Progetto Migala he was invited to play in Hong Kong for the Folk Ever Festival, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong & Macau, at the Shouson Theatre of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.
He is currently also involved with the musical project Zafarán (United States – Italy), Paola Bivona (Tuscany), Zenìa Folk Immaginario (Rome), Indaco, Unnaddarè, Tarantrád and Gimbo Musica (Rome).
He contributed to the organization of the prestigious "Suoni del Mediterraneo" Festival in Andria, an event sponsored by UNESCO.
He carries out, in the Capital and throughout the country, activities of teaching Ethnic Percussion and leading Drum Circles with his rhythmic workshop “Drumtastic Circle”. He is also active in teaching percussion online (Skype, Zoom, etc...).
