A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ney Rosauro is considered one of the most important composers for percussion of the 20th century.
In 2022 he was rewarded the Yamaha Legacy Award and in 2023 he was inducted to the Hall of Fame of the Percussive Arts Society. Rosauro has his DMA from University of Miami (FL, USA), his Masters from the Hochscule fur Musik Wurzburg (Germany) and his undergrad from the Universidade de Brasilia. He has given solo recitals and appeared as a soloist and conductor with orchestras in 47 countries, where he presented workshops/residencies at some of the world’s most prestigious conservatories and universities.
Rosauro’s more than 150 compositions and method books are standards in the percussion repertoire and have been recorded by major artists and orchestras worldwide. His Marimba Concerto No. 1 is the most popular concerto written for the instrument. He has also composed dozen of pieces for orchestra and other instruments.
His 12 CDs have been hailed by critics, percussionists, and general music-lovers alike. From 2000 to 2009 Ney was Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Miami where he is Professor Emeritus. He was also Director of the Percussion Department at the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS in Brazil from 1987 to 2000.
Dr. Rosauro was the founder of the percussion program at the Escola de Musica e de Brasilia, Brazil and timpanist/percussionist at the Orquestra do Teatro Nacional de Brasilia.
Ney Rosauro is a Yamaha and Contemporanea artist and plays exclusively with NR signature mallets and sticks by Vic Firth.