David Millán is a Colombian drummer, performer, producer and composer based in Berlin, with a master's degree in jazz performance from the University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany. Musically focused as a drummer, composer and producer of jazz, world music, pop and hip hop.
During his undergraduate studies he lived in Ecuador where he was able to work as a musician in many Latin American styles such as jazz, salsa, timba, currulao, cumbia, samba, Andean music, merengue, Latin jazz, hip hop, pop among others.
He has been able to participate with these genres in many stages, playing currulao, salsa and Afro-Colombian music at the Petronio Alvarez festival in Cali - Colombia, playing jazz, Afro-Ecuadorian music and Latin jazz at the Ecuador Jazz festival, rap, hip hop, jazz and fusion in other projects.
He has been able to share the stage in concert with different renowned international artists such as: Los Van Van de Cuba, Totó la Momposina, Herencia de Timbiqui, among others. Since 2020 he began to venture into and study in depth musical production (mixing and mastering) some of his projects and compositions, starting with the first album of his pop project "Project Freedom" recording in the middle of the pandemic in 2020. In 2021 he released his first contemporary jazz album "Familia Freunde and Friends" with his own compositions, mixing and producing it.
In 2023 he released his new album "Amor" with his own compositions, venturing into genres such as afro pop, latin pop, calypso, hi life afrobeat, pop rock and ballads; mixing and producing it.
He has worked as a performer and session musician for various groups such as Los Swing Original Monks, Elementales, La Tunda, Franzisco Quiroz, among others, recording some albums and singles. He currently works as a musician and producer for his 6 projects: Proyect Freedom (pop), Allujazz (Jazz-hip hop), Oiré Trio (traditional jazz), David Millán 4tet (Modern jazz - latin jazz - world music), his new album Amor (Christian music - afro pop) and his newest group, The Missing Piece (world music - hip hop).
He also works as a producer and composer or performer in various comedy, jazz, Latin jazz, etc. projects.
In addition to his musical work, he has been working for 10 years as a drum and rhythm training teacher, and founded his own online school (David Millan Drums School) since 2021 where he offers classes with different study modalities and learning tools. modern.