Vlad Popescu is a Romanian drummer and percussionist. He was born in Bucharest on August 21, 1977.

His famousness took shape as far back as in 1992, when he started to co-operate with the Radio Big Band. Noticed by the Romanian and foreign jazz musicians, he was requested by them since 1994 for recital in clubs and on festival stages, like the one in Bucharest ore other cultural centers. In 1996, he became the second percussionist for the “George Enescu” Philharmonics.

His first concerts abroad as a drummer and percussionist took place in 1997, in Italy, Spain and Germany. In the years to follow, Vlad Popescu’s activity went in the field of classic music – since 1998, he is a member of the “Game” Percussion Ensemble and a guest member for the National Radio Orchestra – as well as in the jazz and pop sections. At the 1999 edition of the Costinesti International Jazz Festival he was bestowed on the title of Laureate.

Since 2000, he showed up on the festival podiums, like the ones in Brasov and Iasi (Romania). He performed for the Bucharest International Jazz Festival as a sideman for notorious Romanian and foreign musicians and as a project leader, at the 2004 edition. In 2003 he was present in Vienna and was requested several times with live contributions by the American professor and conductor Tom Smith.

In Ferbruary 2006 he was invited to join at congas the Radio Big Band conducted by Jere Laukkanen from Finland ft. Pauliina May (vocal) for an afro-cuban concert. Since 2003, Vlad Popescu is a professor with the Percussion Class of the National Music University in Bucharest.