Artists - Yamaha - UK and Ireland

Juan Parrilla

Flamenco Soloist, Flamenco Teacher

Marco Pierobon

Born in 1975, graduated with best votes at the Bolzano Conservatory, and with honourable mention at Scuola di Musica in Fiesole (FI), improving later with Roger Bobo, Vinko Globokar, Giancarlo Parodi, Philip Smith, Thomas Stevens, Stephen Burns and Rex Martin.

Randy Brecker

A seasoned jazz veteran, virtuosic trumpeter and prolific composer, Randy Brecker’s horn has graced the bandstands and recordings of Horace Silver, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Charles Mingus, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Frank Foster and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. As a first call studio player, Brecker’s trumpet has also energized innumerable studio sessions by artists ranging from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament-Funkadelic to David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius, and Frank Zappa.

Salvador Francés

Teacher in the “Can Roig i Torres” Municipal School in Barcelona city and 1th clarinet of the “l’Orquestra Universitat de Barcelona”

Juan Diego Sáez Miranda

The saxophonist Juan Diego Sáez, professor of saxophone at the Conservatorio Superior de Málaga, starts as a Yamaha artist.

Jeffrey Khaner

Born in 1958 in Montreal, Canada, Khaner studied at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of the late Julius Baker. After serving as co-principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony and principal of the Cleveland Orchestra and Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, he has been Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990.

Jan Smets

Jan Smets was born in Tongeren in 1975 and started his musical studies on the euphonium, with Argo Penné, at the Tongeren music academy.

Louis Dowdeswell

With over 15 million views online for his critically acclaimed Big Band, the pioneering trumpet player and producer Louis Dowdeswell is leading a resurgent interest in the genre.

Emanuele Casieri

Emanuele Casieri, began playing the trumpet aged 7 in his hometown's wind band and later started having lessons with Silvio Romeo. Following on from that, he joined Giuseppe Bodanza's trumpet class at Milan Conservatoire of Music and just after graduating, won the position of Principal Trumpet in the “G.Verdi” Milan Symphony Orchestra.

David Campbell

David Campbell is internationally recognised as one of Britain’s finest musicians.