Raf Vertessen is a drummer and composer from Tessenderlo, Belgium.
He is based in New York City and is active in the avant-garde and improvised music scene.
He leads his own group, the Raf Vertessen Quartet, with Anna Webber, Adam O’ Farrill and Nick Dunston.
Furthermore he performs with Charlotte Jacobs, Will Greene, Elias Stemeseder, Joe Morris, Steven Long, Henry Fraser,
Zach Layton, Joe McPhee, Hanne De Backer, Jesse Heasly, Dan Pencer, Ches Smith etc.