Noe Tavelli

Noé Tavelli is a Geneva-born drummer and composer (b. 1992) rooted in jazz tradition yet forward-looking in approach. Trained at AMR Geneva, the Manhattan School of Music (MM in Performance, 2017), and the Jazz Campus Basel (MM in Music Pedagogy, 2021), he has studied with John Riley, Jim McNeely, Jeff Ballard, Marcel Papaux, and Dan Weiss.

A recognized figure on the Swiss jazz scene, Noé has performed with Dee Dee Bridgewater, David Liebman, Ohad Talmor, Richard Sears, Florian Favre, Gabriel Zufferey, Nat Su, Shems Bendali, and Jean-Lou Treboux. He leads the Noé Tavelli & The Argonauts Collective (debut album, Double Moon/JazzThing, 2019) and released Inner Streams (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2022). Since 2020, he has co-led the Duboule|Tavelli|Oester trio, with albums Street Sight (Hout Records, 2022) and Isobar (Unit Records, 2025).

Awarded the Friedl Wald grant for emerging artists, Noé teaches jazz drums at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique Danse et Théâtre de Genève and is endorsed by Sonor drums and Paiste cymbales.