Yamaha Artist
Encyclopedia
The term Yamaha Artist refers to musical instrumentalists (or artists) who choose, officially, to play any of a large group of Yamaha
musical instruments.
The program of artists endorsing Yamaha is managed by Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs
, located in Franklin, Tennessee
. There is also an office in New York City
which exclusively handles Yamaha Artists in the classical music field, as relates to Yamaha (piano) and Yamaha Band and Orchestra instruments - namely those in the brass and woodwind families. Other offices relating to Yamaha (Guitar) and Yamaha Drums
are located in Buena Park, California
. The office in New York is known as Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
and was founded in 1987 and serves the world of Yamaha classical piano artists.
Additionally, there exists a growing web of Yamaha Artist Services offices in such cities as Paris
, Seoul
, London
, Tokyo
, and Moscow
.
,
Sir Elton John,
Alicia Keys
,
Olga Kern
,
Stevie Wonder
,
Abbey Simon
,
Mark Gasser
,
U2
,
Frederic Chiu
,
James Blunt
,
Tony Bennet,
Randy Jackson
,
Nathan East
,
Sir Paul McCartney,
Denis Matsuev
,
Eduard Kunz
,
Phil Ramone
,
Michael Bublé
,
Maria João Pires
,
Norah Jones
,
Barry Manilow
,
Chick Corea
,
Jamie Cullum
,
Alexander Kobrin
,
Sheryl Crowe,
A Fine Frenzy
,
Josh Groban
,
Michael Tilson Thomas
,
Oxana Yablonskaya
,
Sarah McLachlan
,
David Braid
,
James Taylor
,
Justin Timberlake
Yamaha (manufacturer)
is a multinational corporation and conglomerate based in Japan with a wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics, motorcycles and power sports equipment.-History:...
musical instruments.
The program of artists endorsing Yamaha is managed by Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs
Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs
Yamaha Artist Services - Nashville. , a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation of America, is based in Franklin, Tennessee and was created and developed in 2001 by Vice President Chris Gero...
, located in Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...
. There is also an office in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
which exclusively handles Yamaha Artists in the classical music field, as relates to Yamaha (piano) and Yamaha Band and Orchestra instruments - namely those in the brass and woodwind families. Other offices relating to Yamaha (Guitar) and Yamaha Drums
Yamaha Drums
Yamaha Drums is a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation founded in 1967. The company manufactures acoustic and electronic drum kits as well as percussion instruments, marching band equipment, and drum hardware.-Production:...
are located in Buena Park, California
Buena Park, California
Buena Park is a city in northwestern Orange County, California. As of Census 2010 the population was 80,530. The city is adjacent to the city of Anaheim and is 12 miles northwest of downtown Santa Ana. The Current OMB metropolitan designation for Buena Park and the Orange County Area is "Santa...
. The office in New York is known as Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation of America. It was brought into being in April 1987 as Yamaha Concert & Artist Services, in the United States, having originated that same year in Paris, France, as "Centre Européen des Activités Artistiques"...
and was founded in 1987 and serves the world of Yamaha classical piano artists.
Additionally, there exists a growing web of Yamaha Artist Services offices in such cities as Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, and Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
Notable Yamaha Artists
Bob JamesBob James
Bob James is the name of:*Bob James , jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer of music*Bob James , former baseball player for the Expos, Tigers, and White Sox...
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Sir Elton John,
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
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Olga Kern
Olga Kern
Olga Kern is a Russian classical pianist. Born as Olga Pushechnikova to a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, she later adopted her mother's maiden name professionally...
,
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
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Abbey Simon
Abbey Simon
-Education:Simon began lessons with David Saperton at the age of five. At the age of eight, Simon was accepted by Józef Hofmann as a scholarship student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he trained with fellow classmates Jorge Bolet and Sidney Foster. Simon also took lessons...
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Mark Gasser
Mark Gasser
-Career:Gasser is a fellow of the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music. He studied with John Humphreys at the Birmingham Conservatoire, and with Frank Wibaut at the Royal Academy of Music...
,
U2
U2
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Frederic Chiu
Frederic Chiu
Frederic Chiu is a Chinese American classical concert pianist.-Education:Chiu was born in Ithaca, New York. He studied music and computer science at Indiana University, then pursued his musical studies in New York at the Juilliard School, where he studied with Abbey Simon...
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James Blunt
James Blunt
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,
Tony Bennet,
Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson
Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
,
Nathan East
Nathan East
Nathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...
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Sir Paul McCartney,
Denis Matsuev
Denis Matsuev
Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian pianist, one of the most popular classical music performers of his generation, the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998 in Moscow , laureate of esteemed Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and...
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Eduard Kunz
Eduard Kunz
Eduard Kunz , born October 30 1980, Omsk, - Russian pianist.- Biography :Named among 10 tomorrow's great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, Eduard Kunz has performed and broadcast frequently with almost every major orchestra in the UK including BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra,...
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Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...
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Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
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Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires
-Musical studies:Her first recital was at the age of five, and at the age of seven she was already playing Mozart Piano Concertos publicly. Two years later she received Portugal's top prize for young musicians. In the following years, she studied with Professor Campos Coelho at the Lisbon...
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Norah Jones
Norah Jones
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Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
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Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
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Alexander Kobrin
Alexander Kobrin
Alexander Kobrin is a Russian pianist.At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where his primary teacher was Tatiana Zelikman...
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Sheryl Crowe,
A Fine Frenzy
A Fine Frenzy
Alison Sudol , known professionally as A Fine Frenzy , is a US alternative singer and songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released on July 17, 2007, and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart...
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Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and artistic director of the New World Symphony Orchestra.-Early years:...
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Oxana Yablonskaya
Oxana Yablonskaya
Oxana Yablonskaya is a Russian pianist who has had an active international performance career since the early 1960s. She began her career in the USSR and, although winning several important competitions in the West, was denied by the Soviet government to accept any performance engagements outside...
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Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
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David Braid
David Braid
David Braid is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Toronto in 1998 he devoted himself to jazz. He formed the "David Braid Sextet" the following year. His album Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live won the Juno Award for Traditional Jazz...
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James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
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Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...