Alberto Netto

Alberto Netto was born and raised in Santos, Brazil. He has recorded and/or performed with many talented musicians, such as the Alberto Netto Trio, David Costa Quintet, Claudio Roditi, Filó Machado, Hermeto Pascoal, Berklee Jazz Composers Orchestra, and many others.
He is currently Professor in the Percussion Department at Berklee College of Music, as well as a world renown Brazilian drummer, author, and educator.

Alberto is a highly sought after clinician, travelling around the world to hold drum and percussion clinics for Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and Vic Firth Sticks - all of the biggest names in the industry. Videos of his lessons and clinics have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people on YouTube and drum educational websites. Alberto also published an instructional book and CD Brazilian Rhythms for Drum Set and Percussion that has been a top seller in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and praised as a “gem of a book” by Modern Drummer magazine, the world’s number one drum magazine. He is the owner, producer and engineer of Artdrums Recording Studios and the founder of Brazilian Drum Academy, an instructional website.