Artists - Yamaha - UK and Ireland

Spyros Farounghias

Trombone player and Professor, member of the Greek National Opera Orchestra, very active in chamber music (Melos Brass ensemble).

Thomas Hooten

THOMAS HOOTEN is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He can be heard on numerous Los Angeles Philharmonic recordings, including Mahler's Ninth Symphony and Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 1.

Michael Steinkühler

grew up near Bremen. He had his first trombone lessons with Prof. Joachim Mittelacher at Hamburg University of Music and Theatre before becoming a student of Prof. Ehrhard Wetz in 1996 at the Lübeck University of Music.

Virginia Figueiredo

Teacher in California State University, Principal clarinet in the “Pacific Opera Project” in Los Angeles

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.

Juan Parrilla

Flamenco Soloist, Flamenco Teacher

Sergio Carolino

Portuguese tubist and Yamaha artist Sérgio Carolino started his tuba studies at the early age of 11 in Lisbon’s Conservatory

Giuliano Sommerhalder

As a student Giuliano Sommerhalder won international music contests. As a solo trumpeter on both modern and historical instruments, he has appeared all over the world. Giuliano Sommerhalder is Yamaha Artist.

Jan "Janne" Bengtson

Principal flute, Royal Stockholm Phil. Orch. / and Benny Anderssons Orchestra

Marcos Garcia Vaquero

Trumpet player in the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Real Theatre Orchestra, trumpet teacher in the Superior School “Progreso Musical”