Percussion Pass

Marta Klimasara gained international recognition through tours and successes in prestigious competitions, including the ARD Competition and the World Marimba Competition. She has received multiple grants and is praised for her exceptional musical and artistic personality.

Pape Seck hails from a family of griots—musical nomads akin to troubadours. The Senegalese percussionist gained fame in his home country as a member of the renowned band Raam Daan. Seck plays a wide range of percussion instruments, including sowruba, sabar, bougarabou, tama, djembe, calabash, krin, doundoun, sangban, kenkeni, and tabala.

Yi-Ping Yang is an award-winning solo percussionist and orchestral timpanist who regularly performs and collaborates with Grame worldwide. She is an associate professor at the Conservatoire de Lyon, a visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory, and the artistic director of the RIT-Infinity collective.

Arnold Marinissen composes, performs, teaches, and gives masterclasses worldwide. He is a renowned percussionist, and as a composer, he has written works for the Residentie Orchestra, La Biennale di Venezia, Asko|Schönberg, and Slagwerk Den Haag, among others.

Michael Burritt, a leading percussionist and head of the Percussion Department at the Eastman School of Music, performs and teaches worldwide. His solo marimba works are considered standard repertoire for percussionists, and he is the chair of the Percussive Arts Society.