Instructor
Christian Bruni
Professional Drummer and Drum Educator
About me
Christian Bruni is a drummer specialized in pop-rock.
He was born in Mestre (Venice) on 13 June 1990.
He started playing drums in 2005 and studied under Davide Ragazzoni and Sandro Fusati until 2009. In2010-11, he attended the Classical Percussion course at the B. Marcello Conservatory of Venice under the guidance of Annunziata Dellisanti and Giovanni Mancuso.
In 2014, he continued his studies at the Music Academy of Bologna, where he worked with Davide
Bettella, Stefano Ferracin, Andrea Marco Ricci, Emanuele Boselli, Massimo Cavallari, Max Titti and Nick Muneratti, and where he completed the Bachelor of Arts Level 6 degree course in Music Performance - Drums in 2016-17.
In July 2018, he became a certified first level professional "Drum Educator" at Franco Rossi's Modern Music Academy.
He participated in numerous seminars held by internationally renowned drummers: Dave Weckl, Keith Carlock, Dennis Chambers, Dom Famularo, Benny Greb, Phil Mer, Franco Rossi.
He started teaching drums in 2010 and has taught in various schools both in Italy (Venice, Treviso) and Hungary (Budapest), thus accumulating many years of experience.
He has worked, and keeps working, as a session musician in numerous musical projects:
Tribute Bands (Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Rino Gaetano, Elisa, Ligabue), Pop-Rock Cover Bands, R&B bands, and bands that write and play their own original music. Currently, he is working as studio drummer for the Italian alternative-rock band Rolling Carpets, who are in the process of releasing their second EP, and he is a member of the Hungarian Rockabilly band "A Nyughatatlan".
He participated in four events that are candidates for the Guiness World Record, playing with the greatest Rock cover band ever, directed by Marco Sabiu: the 2015 and 2016 editions of "Rockin' 1000," the "Rockin' 1000 - Summer Camp" in 2017, and the "Rockin'
1000 That's Live @ Firenze 2018." He also helped several of his students take part in these events.
In 2019, he began to create and work with his own educational videos, available on his Facebook page and Youtube channel.
In 2020, he formed the "Virtual Band," a Queen tribute band. Their Youtube videos were praised by Brian May himself, the legendary guitarist and founder of Queen.
During that year, he also began teaching on Lessonface, and in 2021, he started working as a session musician in different online platforms for musician. His latest works include the drum tracks recorded for the full-length album of Swiss singer-songwriter Alex Wellkers.
In 2022, he started teaching drums at the International Drum School in Budapest.
In July 2023, he participated like a percussionist at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
In September 2023, he founded the Christian Bruni Drum School, where he offers both in-person and online lessons.
In February 2025, his first drum book Creative Rhythm - Volume 1 was published by Hudson Music.