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.
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:
- Matthias Höfs
- Uwe Köller
- Werner Heckmann
- Christoph Baerwind
- Enrique Crespo
- Alexander Erbrich-Crawford
- Uwe Füssel
- Wolfgang Gaag
- Klaus Wallendorf
- Stefan Ambrosius
