QUINTET KAMBRASS
Joan Pàmies Magrané, trumpet Guillem Zaera Cardona, trumpet Maria Monserrat Servera, horn Xavier Gil Batet, trombone Oriol Reverter Curto, tuba
KamBrass Quintet is a promising ensemble in today’s music scene. The five members share a deep passion for chamber music, focusing on premiering new compositions, presenting original works, and delivering unique arrangements. Versatility and musicality define their approach, as is evident in each performance’s repertoire. They have performed at renowned festivals like Festival Emergents in the L’Auditori Barcelona, International Chamber Music Festival MonteLeón Foundation, Lucerne Festival, Hohenloher Kultursommer, Kings Place Festival in London, Zunftkonzerte Zürich, Davos Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, among others. They complement this activity with academic training under musicians such as Claudio Martínez and Anton Kernjak at the Basel School of Music, and in the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA). Previously, they pursued the Chamber Music Master at the Lucerne School of Music with Isabel Charisius and Immanuel Richter, among others. Cuarteto Casals, Kuss Quartet, Matthias Hoffs, Achilles Liarmakopoulos, and the Spanish Brass, among others, have also participated in the academic stage of the group.
Programme
Round 1:
Witold Lutosławski: Mini Ouverture for Brass Quintet
Nina Šenk: Comissioned composition
Leonard Bernstein: Dance suite for Brass Quintet
Andres Hillborg: Brass Quintet
Dieter Ammann: Developments
Round 2:
Luciano Berio: Call
Daniel Schnyder: Brass Quintet
Jan Bach: Laudes
Victor Ewald: Quintet No. 1
Awards received
2nd Prize, Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2023
1st Prize, Philip Jones Brass Prize, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2022
2nd Prize, Anton Garcia Abril Chamber Music Competition, Baza, Spain, 2022
2nd Prize, Cambra Romànica International Competition, Andorra, Andorra, 2022
American Brass Quintet Prize, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, South Bend, United States of America, 2021
2nd Prize, Swiss Chamber Music Competition Orpheus, Ligerz, Švica, 2020
