Artists - Yamaha

Tchiki duo

Founded in 2006 by Jacques Hostettler & Nicolas Suter, Tchiki duo is considered today as the world leading Marimba duo.

Le Yu

Born in China. Graduated with the first International Artist Diploma in Solo Percussion from the Royal Northern College of Music, UK with a full scholarship.

Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe es sin duda un referente internacional de marimba y una gran compositora en el mundo de la música contemporánea para este instrumento. Ha actuado en más de 60 países con orquestas importantes, grupos de percusión y artistas de jazz entre otros géneros.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Percussion Section

The Orchestra plays for nearly all performances given by The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet on the main stage of the Royal Opera House, under Music Directors Antonio Pappano (The Royal Opera) and Koen Kessels (The Royal Ballet).

Elbtonal Percussion

Beyond repetitive afro-trance-percussion and incorporating a wide array of styles, this quartet (Jan- Frederick Behrend Wolfgang Rummel, Andrej Kauffmann, Stephan Krause) crosses through classical repertoire, new music, rock, jazz and drum’n’bass. We are very pleased to be able to official welcome Elbtonal Percussion to the Yamaha Artist family.

Stian Sopp

Born April 10, 1993 in Biri, Norway, Stian is one of the young and talented percussionists in Norway.

Don Liuzzi

Don Liuzzi nació y creció en Weymouth, Massachusetts, y completó la escuela secundaria en el Centro de Aprendizaje de Franklin en Philadelphia. Obtuvo su título de Bachelor of Music de la Universidad de Michigan y su grado de Maestro en Música de la Universidad de Temple. Antes de unirse a la Orquesta de Filadelfia en 1989, el Sr. Liuzzi fue miembro de la sección de percusión de Pittsburgh Symphony 1982 a 1989.

Neil Percy

Neil Percy is the principal percussionist with the London Symphony Orchestra. With a passion for music education, he is also head of Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Claudio Santangelo

He is considered by critics to be one of the youngest and most brilliant talents in the world of solo percussion, gifted with a musical sensibility and compositional and interpretative creativity which place him at the top of young marimba virtuoso soloists. A true “made in Italy” artist with a solid piano technique on the Marimba which allows him to have a virtuoso performance and an inspired and original compositional ability.

Johannes Fischer

Born in Leonberg, Germany, in 1981 he had his first piano and percussion lessons at the age of 9.