German Brass is a professional brass ensemble The ensemble was founded in 1974 as a

Brass Quintet A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of Brass instrument, brass instruments. The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two Trumpet, trumpets or Cornet, cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/barito ...

. Until 1983 the ensemble performed under the names Deutsches Blechbläserquintett, German Brass Quintett and Quintette à Cuivres Allemand. In 1985, to record the CD "Bach 300" (

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

was born in 1685) the group was extended by Enrique Crespo to ten performers. At that time the ensemble was renamed German Brass. In 2011, differences arose over the trademark rights for German Brass between Crespo and the other members of the ensemble. Since then, they have performed without trombonist Crespo. More than twenty CDs and two 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. The current members are:List of members on the web site of German Brass
/ref> Trumpets: *

Matthias Höfs Matthias Höfs (born 1965 in Lübeck, Germany) is a German trumpeter. Education When he was six years old, Höfs received his first trumpet and played in the wind band of the sports club of the city of Lübeck, Germany. In 1975, when he was ten ...

* Uwe Köller *Werner Heckmann *Christoph Baerwind Trombones: *Alexander Erbrich-Crawford *Uwe Füssel *Fritz Winter French horns *Wolfgang Gaag *Klaus Wallendorf Tuba: *Stefan Ambrosius Percussion *Herbert Wachter

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* {{Authority control Brass quintets Chamber music groups German musical groups Musical groups established in 1974