Sylvio Gualda

French percussionist and conductor, born April 12, 1939 in Alger.
Mostly involved in the contemporary repertoire (Marius Constant, André Jolivet, Nguyen Thien Dao, François-Bernard Mâche, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, among others), on March 18, 1973 he gave the first percussion recital in the history of western classical music.
He has worked with many other soloists such as Jean-Pierre Drouet, Katia et Marielle Labèque, Elisabeth Chojnacka.