Artists - Yamaha

Nozomi Hiwatashi

postgraduate student / freelancer

Lucas Dorado

Freelance, Composer & Bandleader

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.

Nicolas Bastos

Nicolas Bastos, né le 29 avril 1982 , est un batteur français de heavy metal et metal extrême et professeur de batterie.

Hsin-Hsuan Wu

Professeur au Conservatoire de Caen, Soliste aux Percussions de Strasbourg

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.

Don Liuzzi

Don Liuzzi was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and completed high school at the Franklin Learning Center in Philadelphia. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Music degree from Temple University. Before joining The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989, Mr. Liuzzi was a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony percussion section from 1982 to 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.

Jean Geoffroy

Après des études au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, où il obtient un Premier Prix en Percussion, Jean Geoffroy a su, dans le monde de la percussion, s’inventer un chemin personnel qui l’a conduit à susciter et à jouer de nombreuses oeuvres.

Ray Cooper

Percussionist