Eduardo
Solas was born in Spain. When he was 6 years old he started classical
music training in Antonio de Cabezon conservatory (Burgos). He studied
percussion a few years later
with Alfredo Salcedo. He had his first drum-set lesson with Arturo García.
In 1997 he moved to Barcelona where he took lessons with Jo Krause,
Quim Solé, Pablo
Posa and David Gómez.
After finishing his jazz education in Taller de Musics, he received a full scholarship from Berklee
College of Music. He graduated from Berklee in 2003 after taking lessons with legends such as Danilo
Perez, Joe Lovano, Hal
Crook, Ian Froman, John
Ramsay, Dave Dicenso, Mark
Walker, Jon Hazilla and Ed
Tomassi. During this time in Boston, Eduardo
had a busy musical career outside of the university playing gigs in the
area, such as musicals in the RiverSide theater and playing drums in the
Gospel band in Resurrection Church. He has
also shared the stage with musicians Esperanza Spalding, Vadim
Neselovskyi, Bryan Baker y Miguel
Gandelman.
After graduating Cum Laude from Berklee
College of Music, he moved to New York where he received a scholarship
to study a Master in Queens
College. He got lessons from Antonio Hart, Bruce Barth,
Michael Mossman, Gene Jackson
and John Riley.
In 2005 he received the "Outstanding Drummer Award" from Michael
Mossman hands on behalf of Queens College. After graduating, Queens
College
offered him a teaching job working in the “Jazz Project”. He also taught
in PAL Conservatory Program.
During the five years he
lived in New York, he had a very intense musical career playing in the
New York area and touring throughout the USA. He was honored to play in
some of
the most important stages in New York, such as Iridium, Fat Cat
and also in off-Broadway musicals. The musical diversity that you can
find in New York has allowed Eduardo to play with musicians with
different styles and backgrounds such as Antonio
Hart, Delfeayo Marsalis, Michael
Mossman, Roswell Rudd, Emile’s Charlap Big Band, George
Colligan, Yayoi Ikawa, Fernando Otero,
Dexter Porter, El Puma, John
Benítez, Palito Ortega, Edy
Martínez, Rod Clemmonds, R. Martin, Danny Daniel, King Clave, Yaco Monti y Leo Dan.
Today Eduardo Solas lives in Madrid where
his has completed a Masters in Juan Carlos I University and plays in
different projects like The
Black Note, Jonathan Hurtado Trio, GSD Big Band, Human
Project, the musical “Hair”…
Eduardo Solas gives online private lessons for everybody that can't afford to come to Madrid and also does drum-set master classes, percussion workshops (flamenco, Brazillian, African, Afro-Cuban and Indian rhythms).
In 1997 he moved to Barcelona where he took lessons with Jo Krause,
Quim Solé, Pablo
Posa and David Gómez. 
After finishing his jazz education in Taller de Musics, he received a full scholarship from Berklee
College of Music. He graduated from Berklee in 2003 after taking lessons with legends such as Danilo
Perez, Joe Lovano, Hal
Crook, Ian Froman, John
Ramsay, Dave Dicenso, Mark
Walker, Jon Hazilla and Ed
Tomassi. During this time in Boston, Eduardo
had a busy musical career outside of the university playing gigs in the
area, such as musicals in the RiverSide theater and playing drums in the
Gospel band in Resurrection Church. He has
also shared the stage with musicians Esperanza Spalding, Vadim
Neselovskyi, Bryan Baker y Miguel
Gandelman. 
After graduating Cum Laude from Berklee
College of Music, he moved to New York where he received a scholarship
to study a Master in Queens
College. He got lessons from Antonio Hart, Bruce Barth,
Michael Mossman, Gene Jackson
and John Riley.
In 2005 he received the "Outstanding Drummer Award" from Michael
Mossman hands on behalf of Queens College. After graduating, Queens
College
offered him a teaching job working in the “Jazz Project”. He also taught
in PAL Conservatory Program.Today Eduardo Solas lives in Madrid where
his has completed a Masters in Juan Carlos I University and plays in
different projects like The
Black Note, Jonathan Hurtado Trio, GSD Big Band, Human
Project, the musical “Hair”…Eduardo Solas gives online private lessons for everybody that can't afford to come to Madrid and also does drum-set master classes, percussion workshops (flamenco, Brazillian, African, Afro-Cuban and Indian rhythms).
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