Julian Miltenberger

Julian Miltenberger is a Brooklyn-based drummer and composer whose work connects folkloric Afro-Cuban drumming traditions with contemporary jazz improvisation. He grew up in Philadelphia and draws on the city's swing, R&B, and avant-garde lineages. Miltenberger studied in the Harvard and Berklee dual degree program under mentors including Yosvany Terry, Ralph Peterson Jr., Neal Smith, and Francisco Mela, spent two years in Terri Lyne Carrington's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, and completed a master's degree at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute in 2023. As a sideman he has worked with Paquito D'Rivera, Diego Urcola, Yosvany Terry, Alain Mallet, and Darren Barrett. His playing has taken him to Togo, France, Switzerland, Uruguay, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Canada.