Samvel Sarkisyan

Samvel Sarkisyan is a drummer active on the New York jazz scene and based in Brooklyn. He is a longtime member of pianist Misha Piatigorsky's trio and quintet and drums with flutist Itai Kriss's group Telavana, and he has appeared with bassist Marwan Allam's Bab Bhar project. Before settling in the United States, Sarkisyan trained in the Netherlands and built a European profile, winning the Drummer of Tomorrow contest and competing at the Master-Jam Fest jazz improvisation festival. He has performed with musicians including Peter Beets, Alex Sipiagin, Robin Eubanks, and Igor Butman.