The members of ensemble are Fernando Chaib, Leopoldo Prado, Ricardo Appezzato, Richard Fraser and Rodolfo Vilaggio, whose objective is to research and play music written for percussion in the XX and XXI centuries. The Durum Ensemble searching for, and consolidating a unique musical vision for the compositions, interpreting and collecting material during a lifetime of academic and musical activity of each individual member, and his relation with composers, maestros and other percussionists.

     The Ensemble has presented their work in various concert halls in São Paulo and the interior, such as the II International Meeting of Percussionists in the city of Tatui and the closing show for the I Percuba in the Teatro Popular do Sesi, São Pedro Theatre, etc.

      The Durum was responsible for the opening world show ordered by the São Paulo city Ballet for the choreography “A Curved Line” of Israeli Itizk Galili, music composed by the Dutch group Percossa and played live by Durum in the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo.