Fabio De Angelis is an Italian drummer and producer. He works mainly across jazz, hip hop, R&B and pop with an approach focused on sound quality and strong versatility, both in the studio and live.
EDUCATION AND RECOGNITIONS
He graduated from the CPM Music Institute in Milan under the guidance of Giovanni Giorgi in 2015. He attended the Siena Jazz seminars in 2016. Between 2017 and 2018, he studied with Maestro Roberto Gatto at the CEMM school in Milan. In 2019 he was one of the winners of the National Arts Award of Italian Conservatories in the jazz section. In 2023 he graduated with top marks in jazz drums from the A. Pedrollo Conservatory in Vicenza, under the guidance of Mauro Beggio.
He has participated in masterclasses and seminars with:
Dom Famularo, Skip Hadden, Jojo Mayer, André Ceccarelli, Matt Mitchell, Logan Richardson, Adam Nussbaum, Steve Smith, Mark Guiliana, Roberto Gatto, Ettore Fioravanti, Justin Brown, Jeff Ballard, Jorge Rossy.
CREDITS/APPEARANCES LIVE/STUDIO
Ghemon(Sanremo 2019, 2021), Hu(Sanremo 2022), Joan Thiele(Sanremo 2025), Elodie(Sanremo 2017, 2020, 2023, 2025), Eva(Sanremo 2018), Paul Grant(USA), Jackson Mathod(UK), The Offline(DE), Laila Al Abash, Lauryyn, Johnny Marsiglia, Elya(The Voice 2016), Palmaria, TurboJazz, Arya, Sara Vanderwert, Venerus, Anna Carol, Dwarf, Davide Shorty(Sanremo Giovani 2021), Lorenzo Morresi, Robert Bonisolo, Ares Tavolazzi, Pietro Tonolo, Pietro Mirabassi, Davide Pezzin(Ligabue), Lino Brotto, Lucio Enrico Fasino, Rodrigo D’Erasmo, Francesco Fratini, Emanuele Triglia, Fulvio Tomaino, Carmelo Patti, Veezo, Trio Cavalazzi, Piero Calabrese, Bicroma, and many others.
SHARED LINEUPS (FESTIVALS and OPENING ACTS)
Elisa, Anderson .Paak, Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard, Liv.e, Bonobo, Tom Odell, Daddy G (Massive Attack), Samuel (Subsonica), Max Gazzè, Ermal Meta and many others.
TV/RADIO/STREAMING
Uno Mattina (RAI 1), Da Grande with Alessandro Cattelan (RAI 1), Che Tempo Che Fa with Fabio Fazio (RAI 1), Niente di Strano with Carlo Pastore (TIDAL); The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2), The Huey Show with Huey Morgan (BBC Radio 6), ’Round Midnight with Soweto Kinch (BBC Radio 3); B-side with Alessio Bertallot (Radio Capital), Body and Soul (Rai Radio 3); Jazz Travels with Sarah Ward, Jolanda Brown on Saturday, Full Circle with Tony Minvielle, Jazz Odyssey with Rouhangeze, Late Night with China Moses and John Osborne (JazzFM); Tina Edwards and Tom Pickford (Soho Radio London); Jyoty (Rinse Radio), Tom Ravenscroft (Rinse FM), Xfactor Music District (RTL 102.5 e Sky), Future Bubblers, Jazz Re:freshed, Somewhere Soul, NTS Radio, Totally Wired Radio, Reprezent Radio, Radio Raheem and many more.
TEACHING • STUDIO WORK • ENDORSEMENT
Since 2013 he has been teaching between Vicenza and Milan, giving drum and ensemble music lessons in various private institutions and through individual programs at his own studio. In 2020 he published his first online course dedicated to the language of Bill Stewart, receiving excellent feedback from the community. His transcriptions have been used as study and research material by students from the Conservatories of Stuttgart and Cologne. Since 2020 he has been an official Bosphorus Cymbals endorser. Alongside his teaching activity, he works as a recording drummer, producer and remote session player at the White Room Studio in Milan, producing and recording music for Italian and international artists.
