
Julian Drummond
Collaborative Pianist
Julian Drummond is a pianist and Javanese gamelan musician from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has performed extensively across the Northeast from Surry, Maine to New York as a collaborator and soloist, as well with some of the renowned Javanese musicians alive today including Darsono Hadiraharjo, Peni Candrarini, Wakidi Dwidjomartono, and I.M. Harjito. Julian’s piano teachers have included Armine Donato, Konstantinos Papadakis, Jonathan Bass, and Gilles Vonsattel. While wearing many different hats as a musician, Julian has at times found himself engaged in political organizing, disinfecting a COVID testing facility, and assembling a basketball court one 280-pound piece a time. Julian enjoys strong coffee, cooking, and old reruns of The Simpsons.