Salaputia Brass Quintet

f.l.t.r.: Peter Dörpinghaus, Felix Baur, Joel Zimmermann, Aaron Außenhofer-Stilz, Lukas Reiß

Having met in the National Youth Orchestra, the quintet “SALAPUTIA BRASS“ formed in 2007 to participate in “Jugend musiziert“. Their success story began with the first prize at national level and continued with a prize at the International Competition for Brass Ensembles in Passau. Moreover, they hold scholarships from “Erwin-Fricke-Foundation” and the renowned “German Foundation Musical Life”. The quintet has toured Germany on a variety of concerts, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Musikfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or the Bachtage Aschaffenburg. At international level they visited Mexico City and Washington D.C where they played at the award ceremony for Dr. Angela Merkel receiving the Eric-M.-Warburg-Prize.