Sam Gevers

Sam Gevers (b. 1985) is percussionist, composer, conductor & Music Director of 14 musicals including Anne Boleyn, Jeanne d'Arc, Zoo of life, Rubens,  and  Marie-Antoinette. For different recordings he conducted the Budapest Art Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, FAMES Skopje and Bratislava Symphony Orchestra.

Sam wrote many educational pieces, lots of songs for Percussive and challenging compositions for percussion solo & ensemble - including commissioned work for ONSK & WMC. For the solfege method Tierelier he composed over 150 vocal lessons.

Since 2010 Sam is full time drummer in the Royal Band of the Belgian Navy. With this band he plays worldwide with guests as Paquito D'Rivera, Johnny Logan, Ozark Henry,... As a freelance musician he played with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Belgium, Symphonic Factory and many more. In these orchestras some famous conductors crossed his path: f.i. Takuo Yuasa (Jap), Jaap Van Zweden (Ned) and Pincchas Steinberg (Ger). In many performances at the Night of the Proms with Il Novecento, he accompanied world famous artists as Donna Summer, Ike Turner, Macy Gray. As freelance drummer/percussion player he worked on many shows as Evita, Elisabeth, Joseph, Oliver!, Fiddler on the roof, Cinderella, Chaplin, Wizard of Oz, Scrooge...

Currently Sam is teaching Creative project at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, AP University College. He is founder of the trio Percussive, which was one the leading percussion groups, touring in the Belgian theatres for the last 10 years. Sam made a series of short percussion videos which were broadcasted many times on national television. For one of these movies he was granted with 2 awards at the Corporate Video Festival. He created artistic audio tours for well-known brands and  companies.

Sam Gevers holds a Master of Music (Percussion & Conducting) from the Antwerp Royal Conservatory.

Sam Gevers’s Music

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