"Pugach is rock-solid on drums" - Frank Alkyer, DownBeat Magazine (May 2010) Dan Pugach is a drummer and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Raanana, Israel in 1983 and moved to the United States in 2006. He received a Bachelor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music, where he studied with Terri Lynn Carrington, Hal Crook, and Joe Lovano, and an M.A in music from the City College of New York, where he studied with Ari Hoenig, John Patitucci and Mike Holober. Dan also spent three months in Rio de Janeiro in order to specialize in Brazilian percussion. He studied with Marcos Suzano, Marcio Bahia and Paulinho Braga, all of which are leading figures in the Brazilian samba scene. Dan's activities in New York include composing for his Nonet (9-piece ensemble) and playing as a sideman. Recent shows include jazz venues such as the Blue Note, Iridium, Smalls, The Kennedy Center in D.C, City Winery, Zinc Bar, as well as festivals around the world. In 2011 Dan was a recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award for his Nonet piece “Discourse This!”. In the same year he participated in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center, where he worked with Curtis Fuller, Nathan Davis and George Cables. Welcome to the official Facebook page of Dan Pugach Nonet