Jurkevich, Roxan

Roxan Jurkevich

A native of New York City, Roxan Jurkevich studied with members of the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in percussion performance from The Juilliard School, where she also attended the Pre-college division. She was Principal Percussion/ Assistant Principal Timpani with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC) for 30 years since the 1991-92 season (where she performed live at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics), has performed frequently with many prestigious ensembles including the Metropolitan (MET) Opera Orchestra in New York, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and the Israel Philharmonic (both in Israel and on tour). Roxan has performed with prominent directors such as Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, André Prévin, Esa-Pekka Salonen and many others, frequently appearing on TV and online channels such as BBC 4, medici.tv and YouTube, and in the U.S. on programs such as 60 Minutes, Live with Regis and Kelly, and Days of Our Lives, among others. She continues to play percussion for various Broadway shows and has premiered solo and chamber works for percussion, including Gene Pritsker’s Pandemic Dance #18 for electric guitar and marimba. She has performed with ICE Ensemble, Bang On A Can, Drumfire Quartet and many other contemporary music groups. She has recorded for prominent labels such as RCA Victor/BMG, EMI, Decca, Telarc, Koch, Harmonia Mundi and Naxos, with two of these albums winning Latin Grammy awards.