Julian Escobar is a versatile Colombian drummer and composer currently living in the Netherlands. In 2025 he graduated from bachelor in Jazz drums, at the Royal conservatoire of the Hague with a minor in jazz piano.

Julian has performed with renowned musicians in the Netherlands such as Benjamin Herman, Rob van Bavel, Matheus Nicolaiewsky, Steve Zwanink, Rembrandt Frerichs, Juraj Stanik, Udo van Boven, Pietro Mirabassi, Cas Jiskoot, Bob Wijnen, Arjun Ramdas, Enrico Le Noci, Frits Landesbergen, Simon Rigter, and Ronald Douglas. 

He has recorded in jazz quartets as a leader, and plays in different bands, such as Koen Van der Linden trio,  and Jordy and the Loon Rangers. Aslo has perfomed widely with musical collegues from the conservatory years and beyond such as Aaron Diaz, Jack Hudelstone, Tian Yi, and Dani Boting. 

He started playing drums at five, as soon as he received his first drum kit. From that moment he followed drum lessons. 

He was very curious about the improvisation, and that was one of the reasons why he decided to study jazz. 

Both, guitar, and piano, opened him a very particular door towards music and composition, becoming a parallel musical phase of his drum studies.

As a very young drummer he performed in different jazz venues at Bogota, with his first trio,. He earned a scholarship at Berklee College of Music, but attended to the Royal Conservatoire.

At the conservatory he has received lessons from Eric Ineke, Felix Schlarmann, and Stefan Kruger. He also received a lesson from an the invited teacher, Greg Hutchinson, and Willie Jones the III at the conservatory.

He has also assisted to masterclasses from Chris Cheek, Pedro Martins, and Simon Moullier, being able to participate playing on their ensemble lessons. He assisted to a master class of Kyle Poole, to a rehearsal of Emmet Cohen trio, and to a master class of Ari Hoenig and Matt Penman. He has taken piano lessons at the conservatory from Eric Gieben and Bob Wijnen, and studied a minor in jazz piano with Rob van Bavel.