Iwata – Yamaha chose Roman violinist Andrea Di Cesare as the international testimonial for its violin. Di Cesare just joined the select circle of “Yamaha Artist”. “For me – he commented – it is a great honor to join their ranks, because it represents a way to develop new ideas and projects for violin with this great brand and to spread the knowledge of how important an instrument it is in pop and rock music.” Di Cesare is known and appreciated in Europe, the US and beyond for his “One Man Band” style and his idea of violin evolution / revolution through technology. He has toured and released records with Negramaro, Battiato, Carmen Consoli, Renato Zero, Fabrizio Moro, Niccolò Fabi, Daniele Silvestri, Paola Turci, Giorgia, Max Gazzè, Marina Rei, Ron and many others. (9Colonne)