Ambassadors

Drummer and composer Adela Green has been closely connected with music since she was a child. She started playing drums when she was 8 years old and is currently expanding her training by studying piano, harmony and voice. Adela was recently selected a a winner of the Third Nacional Chema Fombona Contest in Spain. 

Ahn Su Bin (aka Drummer Subin) is a world-famous drummer and digital media creator with over 400,000 subscribers and more than 35 million views on her YouTube channel. She is a graduate of Yeoju University with a degree in drums. Since being selected as a winner of the 2020 Hit Like A Girl Contest, Subin…

Born in India, Antony Varghese has been playing drums since he was 8 years old. He later earned his Diploma in Teaching from Trinity College of London for Music Educators.  He is currently working in the Bahrain Philharmonic Orchestra as a Principal Percussionist, with the Bahrain Police band and as a Drum Teacher at Bahrain Music…

21-year old Beth Nzakwa Musyim lives in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently an International Relations student at Daystar University, Beth started playing drums in high school. As her passion, knowledge and drumming skills grew she was asked to play for the Mamlaka Hill Chapels in Nairobi and Ruaka. Through her drumming, Beth hopes to encourage young musicians to…

Cintia Concia is a songwriter, activist, and drummer of the independent band “Rockwell Road”. Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina but now living in Mexico, she has visited more than 1000 schools in Latin America with her NGO “Volver a Soñar” using music to help girls and boys in vulnerable situations. In 2019, Cintia founded…

Oladipupo “Debby” Deborah is the Hit Like A Girl Diplomat for Nigeria. “Deekit”, as she is fondly called, is a drummer who is known for her strength and smile behind the drums. A graduate of the polytechnic Ibadan Ibadan, she never relents in the pursuit of knowledge and skill with respect to the music profession…

Francesca Di Rienzo was born in Italy in 1996. She began playing drums at the age of 12 and later began thinking about turning her passion into a profession. As a result, she decided to study at the conservatory in Rome. Currently, she works hard as a drum instructor and enjoys studying various styles and…

Drummer, educator and electronic engineer Adriana Graciela Pinaya Johannessen (Gata Pinaya) was born in La Paz, Bolivia. She is a Versatile drummer and plays many different styles, including rock, blues, Jazz, Metal, etc. She studied with master drummers from Bolivia, Chile (Pedro Barahona) and Brazil (Vera Figueredo) and also has degrees in Electronic Engineering (UPSA…

Working as a professional musician in Brazil since 1985, at the age of 13, Joel Jr. has performed in various styles and situations throughout his career. He studied and took courses with Duda Neves, Vera Figueiredo, Dámaso Cerruti, Guilherme Gonçalves, Gary Chaffee (USA) and many more. As a columnist and contributor, he has contributed to…

Júlia Baats is a drummer born and raised in Sorocaba-Sao Paulo, Brasil. She took her first drum lesson in 2012 and, over the years, she has studied with some of the greatest drummers in Brasil. In 2016, she recorded a commercial for Chevrolet as the drummer in a rock band. In 2019, she entered the…

Leyan Senay is an independent drummer based in Turkey. She was born in Belgium and her first instrument was piano. She has been playing with a lot of different bands, in different genres. She has been teaching drums for 2 years. Nowadays she is making conceptual drum videos for Instagram & YouTube. Her passion for…

Lyle, whose full African name is Liliane Nakobo, is a young woman from the Ivory Coast. Passionate about music, she’s a drummer, sound designer, beatmaker and voice acting coach. Lyle says that it is through rhythms and sounds, encounters and sharing, that she strives to keep the tempo of her daily life. 

Southeast Asia sub-Ambassador for Thailand, Little, called “Little Things Drum”, is a young, female, drum artist whose Thai full name is Thanapa Nateekulcharoen. She’s been passionate about playing drumset since she was 8 years old. She studied and graduated with a Drum Set Major at College of Music, Mahidol University, and currently works as an…

Lozz Benson is a Sydney based multi-instrumentalist.  Since completing a degree in Jazz Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she has toured internationally with multiple Australian artists including John Butler Trio, The Wiggles, Kate Ceberano, Mahalia Barnes, Marcia Hines & Hayley Mary (The Jezabels). She has supported multiple bands over the years in various…

Maneswita is a Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and Drum educator from India. She’s greatly influenced by Rock, Blues, Jazz, World and Indian music. Having been performing on stage since the age of 7, she has participated in various music competitions and performed at several places around India and abroad, as a drummer, guitarist and vocalist. She is…

Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Marcy Kimanzi was a finalist in Hit Like A Girl X and was the first African to win an award in the contest. She has performed with Esther Wahome, a Kenyan gospel artist, Mufasa the Poet, the all-female percussion group Motra Music and the Great African Caravan, which features artists from…

Maria La Marimbera is a Colombian percussionist, researcher, teacher and composer with training in Latin percussion, traditional percussion and academic percussion. She studied symphonic and contemporary percussion at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia and has a Master’s degree in Colombian music from the El Bosque University. She has also studied independently with…

Born in the Czech Republic, Markéta Dietzova has been playing violin since she was 5 years old. She graduated from Prague Conservatory as a violin major and later she obtained a masters degree in Music Management from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Markéta has been teaching music for 12 years and has taught…

Originally from Mexico, Migdalia Van Der Hoven received a degree from @berkleecollege and currently lives in England where she is the drummer for the UK touring cast of SIX The Musical. In addition, her Jazz Quartet and all-female Big Band are active throughout Great Britain and the rest of Europe. She also teaches and, along…

Originally from Uganda but currently mobilizing in Tanzania, Miriam Namuyodi is a drummer and music educator who specializes in teaching and playing Rhythm, Body Percussion and Drums. Miriam started her drumming journey in church but currently plays many different genres in many musical settings, including performances with Catherine Kusasira (Uganda), Damien Soul (Tanzania) and Alifchief (Brunei)…

Natalia Miranda (Moty Baketas) es una baterista de Hermosillo, Sonora, que ahora vive en la Ciudad de México. Actualmente, como parte del proyecto de Yamaha México “She’s Got The Groove”, está jugando con Salmerón, Silent Lune, Mint Parker y MonteCoral, por mencionar algunos. Natalia Miranda (aka Moty Baketas) is a drummer from Hermosillo, Sonora who…

A drummer and a dreamer, Niri believes that life is what you make it, and you better make it fun. She plays guitar, sings, and together with the music in her life, she is also a content manager and writer, a lecturer and a travel blogger. Drumming has completely changed her life, and from the…

Born in Japan, Noriko Terada started her musical life with the piano at the age of 3. Later, at the age of 11, she began playing percussion which she quickly fell in love with. Noriko has become internationally known for her percussion recordings for hugely popular video games Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XIII-3 and Chrono Cross Official Live.  As a…

Paula Perrella is an Argentinian drummer, percussionist, composer and teacher. Her dance groove, versatility and minimalist set-up have become her trademark and opened doors for her as a session drummer with bands and musicians of many styles. Paula studied with top Argentinian drummer Andrea Álvarez among others. She has played in Mexico and throughout Central…

Pauline Roberts is a 22 year old percussionist, singer, composer and educator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She won a grant from the National Arts Foundation commissioning new compositions for vibraphone and electronics, traveled twice as a scholar in Malletlab’s course in Florida, performed as the youngest in the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea and was a…

Raquel Garcia is a professional photographer based in Barcelona, Spain who specializes in portraits and music photography. Music Photography led her to work with many bands and musicians around the country, and to the main project of her career; Rockin’ Ladies. Rockin’Ladies is a multi-disciplinary project which, through photography, live music and several forms of activism, seeks…

Salma Fadlalla Omar Mahmoud a is a percussionist, facilitator and educator from Sudan. She is currently studying music and live audio engineering. Salma co-founded Drum Circle Sudan with Ahmed Homaida to spread drumming culture. She and Ahmed are also working to create an educational video series about African instrument building (funded by Music in Africa…

I am Saori Sugimoto. I live in Japan. I started playing the drums when I was 14 years old. In 2022 I was selected as the the 3rd place winner in the 40+ age group of the Hit Like A Girl International contest and the 3rd place winner in the 18+ group of the Hit Like A Girl…

TopSticks (Temitope Odebiyi) is an award-winning drummer from Nigeria and the Hit Like A Girl Ambassador for Africa. She cites Sheila E, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Chester Thompson, Calvin Rodgers, K Sticks among her influences. As a drummer, percussionist, life coach and Inspirational speaker, she has received multiple college degrees and numerous local and international…

“From behind the drum set, Vera Figueiredo takes her audience from the Brazilian rainforest into the clubs and concert halls of the world. Jaws dropped at her unique presence, approach, and distinctive licks.” (T. Bruce Wittet, Modern Drummer Magazine). Nominated by Rhythm Magazine as the “Queen of Samba”, Vera has been a leading ambassador for…

Veronica Momi is the founder of Batteriste Italiane, the one and only Italian community dedicated to female drummers. She started to play bass guitar at the age of 10 and went on to study double bass at conservatory. At the age of 23, she went to live in the UK for a few years. When…