Amir Ziv

Amir Ziv is a drummer, composer, producer, and educator whose work has helped shape New York City's creative music scene for over three decades.

As a bandleader and composer, Ziv founded and led KOTKOT, DROID, RHYTHMOS, POP IT!, and his solo work, Tympanum.

He has worked alongside artists including Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Lauryn Hill, Marc Ribot, Grace Jones, Trey Anastasio, Cyro Baptista, Sean Lennon, and Medeski Martin & Wood, and has performed at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and the Kennedy Center, and major venues worldwide.

A longtime faculty member at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School and founder of Living Arts Apprenticeship Program (LAAP), Ziv has mentored generations of musicians who have gone on to work with artists including Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Kendrick Lamar, and the cast of Hamilton on Broadway.