NATIONAL MUSIC AWARDS

With more than 33 years of experience in the world of music, Spanish Brass is one of the most dynamic and consolidated chamber groups on the international music scene.

In 1996 he won First Prize at the 6th International Brass Quintet Competition “Ville de Narbonne” (France), considered the most prestigious for this formation. In 2017 he received the I Bankia Award for Musical Talent in the Valencian Community and, in 2019, the Espai Ter de Música de Torroella de Montgrí Award for the project See if we hit the ground running... He has to his credit four Carles Santos Awards granted by the Valencian Institute of Culture, for his CDs XXX and See if we hit the ground running... (2019), The Adventures of Monsieur Jules (2020) and Spanish Brass (a) LIVE (2021).

In 2020 he received the National Music Award in the modality of Interpretation granted by the Ministry of Culture of Spain.

In addition to having participated in some of the most important music festivals and touring around the world, they have played at the Prince of Asturias Awards gala in 1995, they have recorded the music for the play The foundation by Buero Vallejo for the National Dramatic Center and the film's soundtrack defrost, by Félix Sabroso, for the production company El Deseo.

He has published thirty recordings, including two DVD-CDs and three double CDs, which show his many facets: Luur-Metalls Spanish Brass Quintet (1996), No Comment (1998), Jacob's Ladder (2000), SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls & Friends (2001), Delicatessen(2002), roads of Spain (2003), Absolute con Christian Lindberg and Ole E. Antonsen (2004), Gaudí'un (2005), Metals (2006), Christmas altarpiece with the Orfeó Valencià Navarro Reverter (2006), SBALZ Brass Ensemble (2007), Brass and Wines con Steven Mead (2008), Brassiana with Lluís Vidal Trio (2008), The Best of Spanish Brass (2009), SBLM (2009), Tell me a Brass Story with the Bilbao Municipal Music Band (2012), viBRASSions (2012), Metals of Style with Pep "Botifarra" (2013), 25 (2014), SuBLiMe Christmas (2014), Brass Brass Brass (2016), of Winds and Earth with the Municipal Band of Barcelona (2017), Olive Puree with Chano Domínguez and Bandolero (2018), XXX (2018), See if we hit the ground running... with Carles Dénia (2019), The Adventures of Monsieur Jules with Albert Guinovart (2019), Spanish Brass (a) LIVE (2020), Music for Brass Quintet by Gregory Fritze (2021), Music for Brass Quintet by Andrés Valero-Castells (2022) and Vine, vine Spanish Brass (2022).

Parallel to the concert activity, Spanish Brass organizes two international festivals dedicated to brass instruments: the Spanish Brass Alzira Festival (www.sbalz.com) and the Brassurround (www.brassurround.com) where prominent international soloists, groups and the most prestigious international metal teachers.

They play on Shires trumpets and trombone, Paxman horn and Melton tuba and with the new BlackBinder app. Spanish Brass uses and owns the Bags brand of instrument cases and plays with Romera Brass mouthpieces and mutes.

Spanish Brass receives support from the Valencian Institute of Culture and the Ministry of Culture-INAEM.

Inda Bonet :- Spanish Brass