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Classical Artists

Piano Circus (piano ensemble)

Piano Circus is a 60-fingered contemporary piano ensemble which celebrates, commissions and performs new music, both on its Pianocircus chooses Yamaha CP33 and on acoustic pianos. Founded in 1989 Piano Circus often blends live electronics or works with other musicians, like its 2009 collaboration with Bill Bruford, which spawned the CD 'Skin & Wire'. Piano Circus' education activities are extensive and span primary schools to conservatoires, on the one hand creating pathways for first encounters with new music for very young people and their teachers or, on the other, leading high-level postgraduate composing masterclasses. Yamaha and Piano Circus share the same vision: of wanting to inspire the next generation of musicians and we look forward to further opportunities for collaboration.

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Simone Rebello (percussion)

Simone Rebello, alongside a sparkling performing career since graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music, has a strong a growing reputation as an educator, workshop and masterclass leader. She has taken a leading role in recent years in a number of Yamaha education activities, including school percussion holiday courses for local music services and conservatoire masterclasses, both in her own right and with the exciting percussion ensemble, Backbeat. Simone couples her incredible technique and subject knowledge with exemplary communication skills, which combine into a powerfully inspirational force, whenever she works with young people.

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(updated: June 2010)