German Brass
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German Brass is a brass ensemble, founded 1974 as Brass Quintet
by Enrique Crespo, named "Deutsches Blechbläserquintett – Solobläser deutscher Spitzenorchester" ( German Brass Quintet - Soloists of German top level orchestras )
In 1985, to record the CD "Bach 300" ( Johann Sebastian Bach
born 1685 ) the group was extended by Enrique Crespo to 10 performers and still makes music in this instrumentation.
The group is well known as best performing professional brass ensemble in Germany. More than 20 CDs and 2 DVDs have been recorded to date.
German Brass musicians are members of major German Symphony Orchestras and/or are Professors at university schools of music.
Current members:
trumpet
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trombone
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french horn
Tuba
Brass quintet
A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The most common instrumentation is two trumpets or cornets, one horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone....
by Enrique Crespo, named "Deutsches Blechbläserquintett – Solobläser deutscher Spitzenorchester" ( German Brass Quintet - Soloists of German top level orchestras )
In 1985, to record the CD "Bach 300" ( Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
born 1685 ) the group was extended by Enrique Crespo to 10 performers and still makes music in this instrumentation.
The group is well known as best performing professional brass ensemble in Germany. More than 20 CDs and 2 DVDs have been recorded to date.
German Brass musicians are members of major German Symphony Orchestras and/or are Professors at university schools of music.
Current members:
trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
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- Matthias HöfsMatthias HöfsMatthias Höfs is a German trumpeter.1982 - Studied at University of Music and Theater in Hamburg and Karajan-Academy in Berlin, passing concert examination with awards....
- Uwe KöllerUwe KöllerUwe Köller is a German trumpeter. His career began as a solo trumpeter in the Berlin Symphony Orchestra; after 1991 he was at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Beginning in 1995, he has been a permanent member of the group "German Brass". Beginning in 1997, Köller taught as a visiting professor to...
- Werner Heckmann
- Christoph Baerwind
trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
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- Enrique CrespoEnrique CrespoEnrique Crespo is a trombonist and founding member of the German Brass ensemble.He studied music and architecture in Montevideo and in Buenos Aires. He worked as principal trombonist, jazz soloist, arranger and bandleader for TV productions. In 1967 he studied trombone and composition in Berlin...
- Alexander Erbrich-Crawford
- Uwe Füssel
french horn
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
- Wolfgang Gaag
- Klaus Wallendorf
Tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
- Stefan Ambrosius