Lorenzo Arruga & Dave Lombardo

The Profile

A collaboration presented on the album 'Vivaldi: The Meeting' — a project conducted by Lorenzo Arruga featuring Dave Lombardo on drums and percussion, performing arrangements of Vivaldi and other baroque pieces.

Dave Lombardo is a Cuban-born American drummer known as co-founder of Slayer and for his influential thrash metal drumming; on this project he performs drums and percussion in a classical/baroque context. Lorenzo Arruga is credited in the album as conductor/director of the project (as described in the review).

A single review (3/5) describes 'Vivaldi: The Meeting' as a baroque/classical project led by Lorenzo Arruga featuring Dave Lombardo on drums and percussion. Lombardo's adaptability to classical idioms is praised, while the album is recommended primarily to fans of classical/baroque music. The reviewer felt disappointed as a metal listener but acknowledged the quality of the execution.