FABIO AUGUSTINIS

masterclass - BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION

Fabio Augustinis is a drummer originally from São Paulo, Brazil. Augustinis has recorded over 25 albums and played extensively in Brazil and the United States with names such as Nailor “Proveta” Azevedo, Ivan Vilela, Teco Cardoso, Léa Freire, Alexandre Ribeiro, Fábio Peron, André Marques, Tibó Delor, Damani Phillips, The Des Moines Big Band, Bryan Lynch, Ernie Watts, Jiggs Wigham, Melvin Butler, Steve Davis, Joe Lovano, Jeff Hellmer, and many others.

In the Spring of 2018, Augustinis released his debut album as a composer, untitled Sunrise. In the same year, he started a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin, where he worked as a teaching assistant in the university’s jazz department. Augustinis was the recipient of the Eleanor Stribling Award for Excellence in Jazz Studies in November 2020 at the Butler School of Music. Currently, he is working as an assistant instructor at UT while he finishes his DMA. Augustinis is an endorsing artist for Canopus Drums and Bosphorus Cymbals.