Lucas van Merwijk

Lucas Sebastiaan van Merwijk (born 1961 in De Bilt, Utrecht) is a Dutch drummer, bandleader, and professor who has made contributions to the European jazz, Latin music, and drums-percussion scene since the early 1980s.

He has been founder and leader of the international percussion group Drums United, founder and leader of Van Merwijk's Music Machine and the Cubop City Big Band in the Netherlands and co-director of Tam Tam Productions in Amsterdam.

Van Merwijk is an expert in Latin drums[4] and established himself as a versatile musician, composer, and arranger.

He has collaborated with a wide range of artists and ensembles including the Metropole Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Vince Mendoza, Chris Hinze,[5] Manou Gallo and[6]Andy Gonzalez; he has performed internationally including in Europe, the US, Canada and India.

[4][7][8] In 2010 Van Merwijk won the Global Act Award 2010 for remaining continuously successful as a leading international Artist in world music over a long period of time.