Artists - Yamaha - UK and Ireland

Simon Gresswell

Simon Gresswell, born in Queensbury, is a former member of Black Dyke Mills, Desford Colliery, Faireys and YBS Bands and is currently playing with the Brighouse & Rastrick Band.

Nils Landgren

Born in 1956, Nils Landgren began playing drums at the age of six, before at last discovering the trombone at 13.

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.

Jean-Yves Fourmeau

Jean-Yves Fourmeau is a first-class classical saxophone artist. He has been the professor at Cergy-Pontoise Conservatory. He used to be the professor at Indiana University in the USA from 2000 to 2001.

Miguel Costa

Clarinet teacher in the “Escola Profissional Metropolitana”, “Academia de Música de Almada” and “Conservatório de Música da Metropolitana”.

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.

Sarah Markham

Sarah Markham is at the forefront of the Classical Saxophone in the UK, teaching at many of the top musical institutions across the country, as well as being a very active performing and recording saxophonist.

Malte Dürrschnabel

Big Band of the German Armed Forces / Glenn Miller Orchestra

Konstantinos Avgerinos

A very thorough trombone player and professor, very active for the past 20 years in taking part in brass ensembles (Melos Brass, Athens State Orchestra brass ensemble etc.)

Aaron Liddard

Aaron started playing sax in 1987, after piano and guitar. He splits his time between writing and performing.