Gergő Borlai
Based in Los Angeles and Barcelona, Hungarian drummer Gergő Borlai performs internationally as both a studio and live musician alongside world-renowned artists. He has appeared on more than 500 album recordings and has received numerous awards in his native Hungary, including the Jazz Album of the Year 2021 award. Since 2012, Borlai has served as a professor in the Jazz Department at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona.
About the artist
Internationally Acclaimed Drumming Virtuoso
Gergő Borlai is a Los Angeles/Barcelona based professional drummer, composer, producer originally from Hungary. He started playing drums at age of 3 and started being professional session/touring drummer and play with the most successful artists in Hungary at age of 15.
Gergő Borlai has appeared on more than a 500 albums (as drummer / composer / producer), won 3 times “drummer of the year” awards, and two "gold record awards," as well as the Golden Drumstick Prize and Fonogram’s “Jazz album of the year 2021”. Gergő also took the 3rd place of Modern Drummer’s Poll in “best all- around drummer in 2019” behind legendary drummers like Vinnie Colaiuta and Steve Smith. In 2020 Gergő was considered for Grammy Award nomination in two categories with his last solo album (The Missing Song).
In 2021, the world’s most historical drum company, Gretsch released the Gergő Borlai Signature snare drum. Besides being a band member and session/ studio musician of world renown productions and with multi Grammy awarded musicians, Gergo also became a clinician/educator all over the globe. Some of the names Gergő has performed and recorded all over the planet.
