Spanish Brass Luur Metalls
 In 1989 five Spanish musicians created an eclectic and innovative project that they have been developing over the years in different fields: music performance, education and creation. Today they tour all over the world, with courses intended for chamber music and recordings. Their repertoire is one of the most painstakingly thought-out aspects of their performances, along with the staging. Some of their shows that are worthy of mention are: Concierto del desconcierto (A disconcerting concert), Metàl·lics (educational concert), Brassiana (with jazz trio), Make a Brazz noise here (Tribute to F. Zappa, with drums). They regularly cooperate with artists of such international renown as Christian Lindberg, Ole E. Antonsen or Kenny Wheeler. Spanish Brass Luur Metalls is also committed to the development and creation of new forms of music, working with both famous composers and with young people of great influence. SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls performs concertante works with orchestra, a major one of these being the first performance, with the Ciudad de Granada orchestra, conducted by Josep Pons, of Karel Husa’s Concert for Brass Quintet and Strings. With the same orchestra and conductor, it gave the first ever performance of Couleurs du Temps of renowned composer Maurice Jarre. They also recently gave the premiere of La Devota Lasciva, by Juanjo Colomer, with the Castilla y León Orchestra, conducted by Alejandro Posada. In 1996 they won the First Prize in the "Ville de Narbonne" (France) 6th International Competition for Brass Quintets, considered to be the event of greatest prestige for this ensemble. We should also mention their participation in the prize-giving Gala of the Príncipe de Asturias awards in 1995, at the Gran Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo (Spain), broadcast on television to over 700 million watchers. They have published ten Cds and a DVD-Cd showing their many facets: Luur-Metalls Spanish Brass Quintet (Disques du Solstice, France, 1996), No Comment (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 1998), La Escalera de Jacob (Anacrusi, Spain, 2000), SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls & Friends (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2001), Delicatessen (Anacrusi, Spain, 2002), Caminos de España (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2003, Absolute with Christian Lindberg and Ole E. Antonsen (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2004), Gaudí'um (Anacrusi, Spain, 2005), Metàl.lics (L’Auditori, Spain, 2006), Retaule de Nadal with the Orfeó Valencià Navarro Reverter (Anacrusi – Spain, 2006); and SBALZ Brass Ensemble (Anacrusi – Spain, 2007). Further information in www.spanishbrass.com SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls has participated in such important events as the Festival de Musique de Radio-France (France, 1996), Granada International Festival of Music and Dance (Spain, 1996), Bonner Herbst (Germany, 1997), Muzyka Statym Krakowie (Poland, 1997), New York Brass Conference (USA, 1997, 1999), Santander International Music Festival (Spain, 2000), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland, 2001), Great American Brass Band Festival (USA, 2001 and 2007), Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival (Spain, 1998, 2001), Cheju Summer Festival (Korea, 2000, 2004, 2006), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany, 2002), National Auditorium (Madrid, 2003), Palau de la Música (Barcelona, 2003), San Sebastian Music Fortnight (2003); Wartburg Festival in Eisenach (Germany 2004), Kalavrita Festival (Greece), International Horn Society 2004, Merano Brass Festival and Trento Philharmonic (Italy, 2004), Barcelona Auditorium (2003, 2004), Festival de Inverno de Brasilia (2005, 2006), International Trumpet Guild Conference (USA, 2007), International Trombone Association Festival (USA, 2007), amongst others. They recorded the music for the play La Fundación by Buero Vallejo for the National Drama Centre and the soundtrack of the film Descongélate, by Félix Sabroso, for El Deseo Producers. They set up the Academia Spanish Brass, where they give classes to musicians from all over Spain and which culminates with two international events: the Spanish BrasSurround Torrent and the Spanish Brass - Alzira Festival, where each year some of the most renowned international brass soloists, groups and musicians get together. The members of Spanish Brass have been teachers at the "Ciutat de Vila-real" International Brass Academy and have given classes at Andalusia Youth Orchestra (OJA), Catalonia Symphony Youth Orchestra (JOSC), Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE), Murcia Region Youth Orchestra, Madrid Community Youth Orchestra, Academy of Performing Arts (Hong Kong), University of Georgia, Eastman School (USA), The Showa School for Performing Arts (Japan), Lieksa Brass Week (Finland), Epsival (France), Venezuela Youth Orchestra, Jove Orquestra de Valencia (JORVAL), Murcia Youth Orchestra (OJRM), etc. SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls is sponsored by trumpet makers STOMVI; since 2003, they have also been backed by the Valencian Music Institute and at present also by the INAEM. MEMBERS: Carlos Benetó Grau - Trumpet
Link: www.spanishbrass.com
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