Oren moved to London from Manchester in 2016 to study on the Jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music. Since graduating with 1st Class Honours and as a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (diploma in music education), Oren has been privileged to work with a vast array of artists in many genres.
As the Drum Kit was created in the catalyst of Jazz in the early 20th century, the study of Jazz laid a strong foundation for playing all other genres and, as a result, Oren has performed on world-renowned stages such as The Roundhouse, Southbank Centre, The Great Escape Festival, Jazz Cafe, and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, to name a few, and has recorded at world-renowned studios such as Abbey Road Studios (with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason) and BBC Maida Vale Studios for Decca Records and BBC.
In addition to the drum kit, Oren studied Percussion extensively for several years at Chetham’s School of Music, ranging from solo and orchestral classical percussion (achieving a Distinction in Grade 8) to Cuban and Brazilian percussion, and has performed professionally from the percussion chair, including recording for the BBC.
Oren’s love for music became apparent from an early age, nurtured in a home where music and instruments were part of the furniture. He was gifted his first drum kit from a family friend at the age of 2, and if not seated behind the kit in a baby-grow could be found bobbing up and down in front of the CD player. Oren’s first taste of performing came when he performed in a tribute to the great Irish guitarist, Rory Gallagher, at Dukinfield Town Hall in his early teens.