Artists - Yamaha

Johannes Fischer

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

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.

Simone Beneventi

Percussionist dedicated to the study and dissemination of New Music. Alongside the career of performer he combines both teaching and research, realizing edition for percussion music.

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.

Pius Cheung

Pius Cheung is widely known as a one of the most important percussionists of his generation.

Axoum Duo

French – Polish percussionists and marimbists known as AXOUM DUO. Internationally acclaimed artists. Elwira Slazak both appears as a soloist and as a member of Axoum Duo. Gabriel Collet, besides his performance activities, he is active as a composer and arranger, creating music for documentaries, animated movies as well as writing orchestral music and pop songs.

Marianna Bednarska

Marianna Bednarska jest młodą polską perkusistką. Prowadzi aktywną działalność koncertową, nie tylko jako solistka, ale również jako wykonawczyni muzyki kameralnej i muzyk orkiestrowy. Jest regularnie zapraszana na międzynarodowe festiwale muzyczne, a także współpracuje z uznanymi osobowościami świata muzycznego.

Jörg Fabig

Joerg Fabig was born in Frankfurt/Main on 13th of April 1972. After school he started his studies of mathematics and physics at the University of Frankfurt/Main.

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 ...

Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe is known for an international marimba player and a great composer in modern marimba world. She has performed in more than 60 countries with prominent orchestras, percussion groups and Jazz artists beyond genres.