Arfon Owen Joins Yamaha Artist Family
Legendary Tenor Horn Player, Arfon Owen Chooses Yamaha Neo
Yamaha is delighted to announce that multi-instrumentalist, Arfon Owen has joined the Yamaha family after selecting the Neo tenor horn, YAH-803S, as his instrument of choice.
Having been at the forefront of the brass band movement from the age of 18, over the last 12 years he has played in many of the World’s finest brass ensembles.
His hugely successful career has meant that he has performed at many of the World´s most iconic venues and festivals to capacity audiences. Away from the concert platform, Arfon has recorded many studio albums and performed on a number of television and radio broadcasts internationally.
Known for his unrivalled versatility as a musician he is also highly proficient on the cornet, trumpet, flugel horn and French horn, and works regularly as a professional pianist and organist.
About the Neo tenor horn, Arfon comments:
As a tenor horn player, you strive to produce the warm, vibrant sound that belies the instrument's character. The hours put into the development of Yamaha Neo's design allows me to reach the instrument’s full potential, in terms of tone quality, range, as well the heavy technical demands that are asked of brass band players by composers and arrangers.
Above everything else, the Yamaha Neo is an absolute joy to play. I can rely on it to perform every time is comes of out of the case, which allows me to just get on with what I love, making music.
Currently residing in Stavanger, Norway, Arfon is a member of the Stavanger Brass Band, working as a session musician, conductor and educator.
Yamaha strives to help musicians find an instrument that allows them to express their musical ideas to the full. Arfon is an outstanding musician and we’re thrilled to be able to work with someone of his musical calibre.