Artists - Yamaha - Österreich

Senne La Mela

Principal trumpet - Opéra Royal de Wallonie

Hélène Escriva

Founding member of the bass trumpet/accordion duo with Pierre Cussac, of the wind sextet Saxback and active member of the Symphonie de Poche by Nicolas Simon

Wim Van Hasselt

Wim Van Hasselt is professor of trumpet at the University of Music Freiburg in Germany and regularly gives solo appearances and masterclasses at home and abroad (Europe, N-America and Japan). He’s also an active chamber musician in different ensembles and has appeared at the festivals of Lucerne, Bad Kissingen and Schleswig Holstein among many others.

Patrick Vergères

Principal cornet of Brass Band 13 étoiles (CH) Principal cornet of Concordia de Vétroz (CH)

Lars Karlin

Lars Karlin is a Swedish trombonist and arranger living in Berlin, Germany. He started trombone studies at the age of twelve under Hans-Göran Olson at the Music School in Borlänge, Sweden.

Thorsten Benkenstein

Thorsten Benkenstein is one of the most respected Lead Trumpet players around the world. Since 2005 he holds the position as Lead Trumpet in the NDR-Big Band in Hamburg.

Simon Plötzender

Simon Plötzender (*1987) spielt seit seinem 9. Lebensjahr Trompete und Klavier.

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.

Adrián Martinez

Trumpet soloist “Gulbenkian Orquestra” in Portugal.

Wycliffe Gordon

A gifted trombonist, conductor, composer and arranger, world-renowned musician Wycliffe Gordon grew up in Waynesboro, Georgia in the United States. He was musically influenced at a young age by his father, Lucius Gordon, a classical pianist and teacher.