Artists - Yamaha

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.

Nozomi Hiwatashi

postgraduate student / freelancer

Ria Ideta

Ria Ideta was born 1982 in Vienna to a musical family. At the age of six, she began playing the piano and marimba in Japan.

Hsin-Hsuan Wu

Professor of Conservatoire de Caen, Soloist of les Percussion de Strasbourg

Mike Mainieri

Born on July 24, 1938, in the Bronx, New York, Mike Mainieri started to learn vibraphone from the age of 12 and made his professional debut at the age of 14. After performing as a member of the Buddy Rich Band, he served as a pioneer in the New York style fusion movement as a band leader of legendary groups, including White Elephant, L'Image, STEPS and STEPS AHEAD together with Steve Gadd, Michael Brecker and other artists in 1970s.

Bart Quartier

After his classical percussion studies Bart (born 2 June 1961, Anderlecht, Belgium) studied marimba with Robert Van Sice and followed master classes with Keiko Abe, Gordon Stout, Steven Schick ...

Tchiki duo

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

Federico Poli

Federico Poli studied percussion at the Fiesole Music School (Florence, Italy) with J.Faralli, graduated with honors.

Altfrid M. Sicking

Altfrid M. Sicking is a german vibraphoneplayer.

Tanel-Eiko Novikov

Tanel-Eiko Novikov is an acclaimed Estonian marimbist and percussionist, gaining wider recognition as a soloist after winning the TV competition “Classic Stars 2018” organised by Estonian Public Broadcasting and Concert Estonia, and representing Estonia at the “Eurovision Young Musicians 2018” competition in Scotland.