Artists - Yamaha

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.

Bernard Maseli

Musician, Producer, Composer, Educator

Arjan Jongsma

Soloist, Colori Ensemble, Mallet Collective, Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht, Teacher at the Percussion Friends-Sweelinck Academy at the Conservatory of Amsterdam

Armando Lorente

Timpani Soloist Baleares Symphony Orchestra, teacher in Palma de Mallorca Superior Coservatory

Minh-Tâm Nguyen

Percussionist, Minh-Tâm Nguyen studied at the National Conservatory of Nice and then at the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance of Lyon. Passionate about new technologies, sound research, image and movement, he is a percussionist / dancer in the show Echoa of the Arcosm company, and feeds his experience of his meetings and artistic collaborations thanks to a dynamic of trans disciplinary research, at the cross of various musical universes.

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.

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.

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.

Henrik M. Schmidt

Percussionist with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Professor for orchestral percussion and ensemble at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre