Each year at Europe's largest musical instrument fair, the Frankfurt Musikmesse, the influential journalists from over 100 different international specialist music magazines come together to vote for the best innovations, products and instruments from the pro audio industry. 

At this years show Yamaha scooped the prestigious MIPA award for the best product in the 'Keyboard Workstation' category with the world-famous Yamaha MOTIF XS synthesizer.

The journalists and members of the MIPA represent titles from countries as wide-spread as Germany, USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland so Yamaha is delighted to pick up such a significant global award.

The Yamaha Motif XS is the 'Best Keyboard Workstation' 2009