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The talented keyboard player and leader of the Bulgarian band “ТЕ” has been playing the piano since he was 4 years old. In his childhood, Yassen played in many concerts and won numerous awards in Bulgarian and at international music events , like “Svetoslav Obretenov”, the national competition for Bulgarian music in 1982; “Virtuosi Per Musica Di Pianoforte”, Czechoslovakia in 1984; the international competition for young piano players in Marsala, Italy 1986, etc. He also composed most of the successful hits of “TE’s” repertoire.

Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti is a versatile performer and composer best-known for his jazz prowess, although his work in the classical realm is also fairly extensive.

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Mark Walton is highly respected in the Australian music scene, and is known as a leading clarinet and saxophone performer, teacher and music advocate.

Like Steve Gadd before him, Dave Weckl spawned an army of imitators with his breathtaking playing on Chick Corea’s first Elektric Band album, released in 1985. Playing elegantly structured, complex compositions alongside sequenced accompaniments required a new level of technical mastery. Dave became a role model for a new generation of fusion drummers with his invention, uncanny precision and beautifully tuned Yamaha drums.

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Sheona White is Yamaha Artist and Tenor Horn tutor at the University of Salford, University of Liverpool and University of Manchester and holds the position of Head of Music at Lowton High School.

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One of the true masters of the bop vocabulary, Phil Woods has had his own sound since the mid-1950s and stuck to his musical guns throughout a remarkably productive career. There has never been a doubt that he is one of the top alto saxophonists alive, and he has lost neither his enthusiasm nor his creativity through the years.