Artists - Yamaha

Franck Tortiller

Franck Tortiller est né en 1963 en Bourgogne dans une famille de vignerons et musiciens amateurs. Il commence ses études de percussions classiques au Conservatoire de Dijon, puis au prestigieux Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, où il obtient à 21 ans un Premier Prix de Percussion à l’unanimité et un Premier Prix d’analyse musicale. La même année, il décroche le Certificat d’Aptitude en percussions.

Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe est une marimbiste internationalement active, performant dans plus de 60 pays à travers le monde. Elle a enseigné plus de 110 universités et institutions musicales et participé à plus de 60 festivals de musique.

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).

Federico Poli

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

DoubleBeats

The percussion duo „DoubleBeats“ was founded in 2012 by Ni Fan (China) and Lukas Böhm (Germany) during their studies at the 'Hanns Eisler' Academy of Music Berlin

Twincussion

Twincussion is formed by Taiwanese twin brothers Jen-Ting and Jen-Yu Chien.

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.

Claudio Santangelo

Il est considéré par la critique comme l'un des talents les plus jeunes et les plus brillants du monde de la percussion solo, doué d'une sensibilité musicale et d'une créativité de composition et d'interprétation qui le placent au sommet des jeunes solistes virtuoses du marimba.

Momoko Kamiya

Ms. Kamiya actively presents concerts and masterclasses throughout Japan and abroad. She has served on the juries of international competitions in 10 countries.

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.