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 to 10 performers and still makes music in this instrumentation actually.
The group is well known as best performing professional brass ensemble in Germany. More than 20 CDs and 2 DVDs have been recorded yet.
German Brass musicians are members of important German Symphony Orchestras and/or Professors at university schools of music
Current members:
Trumpets
- Matthias Höfs
- Uwe Köller
- Werner Heckmann
- Christoph Baerwind
- Enrique Crespo
- Alexander Erbrich-Crawford
- Uwe Füssel
- Wolfgang Gaag
- Klaus Wallendorf