
Yukari Yagi (*1992) is a Japanese percussionist, marimbist and performer based in Cologne, Germany. Born into a family of musicians, she began music and early childhood music education at age 3, piano at age 5. She discovered her passion for percussion at age 10, and marimba at age 17.
She is a marimba player who performs baroque and classical repertoire, and a percussionist with a focus on contemporary music. She earned two master’s degrees in percussion and contemporary music at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (DE), and in 2025 she completed the prestigious Konzertexamen program there with distinction (mit Auszeichnung bestanden).
After graduating her bachelor’s degree from Kunitachi College of Music (Japan), she went to Paris to study contemporary percussion and marimba at CRR de Rueil-Malmaison and CRR de Paris (France). She then completed her master’s degree in marimba at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Switzerland) with distinction (mit Auszeichnung bestanden).
She has won awards in numerous international competitions, including first prize at the Italy Percussion Competition (Marimba) and a gold medal at the Paris Music Competition. She has participated as a soloist and chamber musician in several music festivals in Europe, including Perkumania, Pescara Percussion Fest, Essen NOW!, Moers Festival and Acht Brücken.
She has had the opportunity to work with various contemporary music ensembles (Ensemble Musikfabrik, E-MEX Ensemble, oh ton-Ensemble, KlangForum Heidelberg, Ensemble Ruhr, Ensemble New Babylon, etc.) as well as orchestras (WDR Sinfonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra etc.).
In addition, she has participated in various workshops such as Stockhausen-Kurse Kürten as a scholarship student of the Kunststiftung NRW, Mixtur, Donaueschingen Musiktage, Percussion Orchestra Cologne organized by Schlagquartett Köln.
She studied percussion and marimba with Shiori Tanaka, Masanori Izumi, Shoko Araya, Kazunori Meguro, Eve Payeur, Eric Sammut, Raphael Christen, Klaus Schwärzler, Carlos Tarcha, Peter Hänsch, Lukas Böhm and Dirk Rothbrust. She also studied zarb with Pierre Rigopoulos and conducting with Marc Kissóczy. These experiences have developed her as a player who always has multiple perspectives and senses.
Yukari Yagi is supported by Marimba One™. She is currently a member of ÉRMA ENSEMBLE.

八木友花里
愛知県名古屋市出身。現在ドイツ・ケルンを拠点に、現代音楽やパフォーマンス作品を主たる演奏領域として活動を行っている。愛知県立昭和高等学校、国立音楽大学打楽器専攻卒業。その後渡欧し、フランスのリュエイユ=マルメゾン地方音楽院打楽器科、パリ地方音楽院マリンバ科、スイスのチューリッヒ芸術大学マリンバ科修士課程をそれぞれ首席で修了。その後ドイツに渡り、ケルン音楽舞踊大学打楽器科・現代音楽科修士課程、同大学国家演奏家資格課程をそれぞれ最優秀(mit Auszeichnung)の成績で修了。
イタリア国際打楽器コンクールマリンバC(最年長)部門第1位、Paris Music Competition 打楽器部門金賞など、数々の国際コンクールにて優秀な成績を収める。ソリスト・室内楽奏者として、PerKumania(パリ)、Pescara Percussion Fest(ペスカーラ)、Festival NOW!(エッセン)、Soundbridge Festival(マレーシア)、ACHT BRÜCKEN(ケルン)、Moers Festival(メールス)、Monheim Triennale(モンハイム)などの音楽祭に参加。ヘルムート・ラッヘンマン、シモン=スタン・アナーセン、エンノ・ポッペなどの、ヨーロッパの主要な現代作曲家達と共演している。
また、Ensemble Musikfabrik、E-MEX Ensemble、oh ton-Ensemble、KlangForum Heidelberg、Ensemble Ruhr、Ensemble New Babylonなどの現代音楽アンサンブルや、ケルン放送交響楽団、フランクフルト放送交響楽団、クオピオ交響楽団などのオーケストラとも共演を重ねる。
Marimba Oneディスカバリーアーティスト。ケルンを拠点とする現代音楽アンサンブル、ÉRMA ENSEMBLEメンバー。現代音楽の作曲について考えるウェブメディア「スタイル&アイデア:作曲考」の運営も行っている。