Artists - Yamaha - UK and Ireland

Maria João Pires

One of the legends of the piano world, Pires has appeared all over the globe with all the major orchestras, and performed at all the most important international festivals .

Alberto Nosè

Acclaimed pianist, Alberto Nosè first gained recognition at the age of eleven, winning the First Prize at the Jugend für Mozart International Competition in Salzburg. Since then, Alberto has gone on to achieve many great accolades and has performed to audiences throughout the world.

Ilya Rashkovskiy

Ilya Rashkovskiy was the 1st prize winner at the 8th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2012), the Citta di Pinerolo Competition (2012), the International Jaen Competition (2005), and at the Hong Kong International Competition (2005). He is among the top prize winners of the Long-J.Thibaud Competition in Paris (2nd Place), Queen Elisabeth in Brussels (4th Place) and Artur Rubinstein Piano Masters in Tel Aviv (3rd Place).

Joe Dorff

Joe Dorff is an American multi Instrumentalist and Singer as well as Composer and Arranger.

Cyprien Katsaris

Katsaris established an impressive international reputation at a very early age after success in many top competitions. He is celebrated globally as a pianist possessing both unparalleled technique and rich and poetic expression.

Hiromi Uehara

A musical phenomenon, Hiromi gathered attention when performed Chick Corea invited her to perform with him when just 17. She already had a recording contract while still in college, and is now an award winning star known around the world.

Alberto Pizzo

Alberto Pizzo joins the Yamaha family and becomes an official Yamaha Artist. Born in Naples in 1980, Alberto Pizzo began studying the piano at a young age. In 2004 he graduated at Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples and took part in many national and international piano contests. In 2006 he obtained a second level degree in Concert Piano at the same Conservatory in Naples. In 2007, as solo pianist, he performed the music for a Rai International show about Vincenzo Bellini and for GEO & GEO, a RaiTre show. In 2009 Alberto held a concert at the Japan Stock Exchange as a solo artist and with soprano Yuki Sumani. In 2010 he entered Palco Reale of Gianni Sergio.

Nikolay Khozyainov

Khozyainov became known around the world by his outstanding performance as the youngest finalist in the 2010 Chopin Competition in Poland. Since then he has won top prizes at the Dublin and Sydney International Piano Competitions, and has toured around the world.

Fergus McCreadie

With millions of streams for his personal brand of nature-inspired music, jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie is a fast-rising star in the musical firmament.

HJ Lim

HJ Lim redefines both the musical and physical boundaries of modern pianism. In November 2009 she exploded onto the international music scene when a recital at the Stadtcasino Basel, which included Rachmaninov’s complete Etudes-Tableaux and Chopin’s complete Etudes, was uploaded to YouTube. The unprecedented online traffic captured the imagination of the industry and audiences around the world.