STOCKHOLM BRASS & ORCHESTRA RIGA

“Stockholm Chamber Brass”
Orchestra “Riga”
Conductor Valdis Butāns

Founded in 1988, Stockholm Chamber Brass (SCB) gained immediate recognition by winning 1st Prize at the International Brass Quintet Competition in Narbonne, France. Over the past 35 years, SCB has become one of the world’s leading brass ensembles, commissioning more than 50 new works from distinguished composers such as Anders Hillborg and Andrea Tarrodi.

Their internationally acclaimed recordings, including Clockworks (1995) and Then (2013), reflect SCB’s innovative repertoire. The prestigious American Record Guide wrote about Clockworks: “I cannot imagine that a better brass quintet has ever existed.”

SCB regularly performs at major festivals and, since 2016, has run Stockholm Chamber Brass Academy in Sweden, blending chamber music traditions with modern musical expressions.

Outside the quintet, its members are active as soloists, professors, orchestra principals, and conductors. They have won prizes in international solo competitions, including the ARD-Wettbewerb and CIEM Geneva. The current members are Urban Agnas and Tom Poulson (trumpets), Annamia Larsson (horn), Jonas Bylund (trombone), and Dirk Hirthe (tuba).

PROGRAM
In the concert’s first part, Stockholm Chamber Brass will present a curated program of it’s original chamber music. In the second part, joined by Orchestra Riga, they will perform Dana Wilson’s Quintessence and Mats Larsson Gothe’s Clockworks.

The concert, Stockholm Chamber Brass & Orchestra Riga, will take place on April 10, 2025, at 19:00 in the Ziedonis hall of the National Library of Latvia as part of the WINDSTREAM 2025 Spring Festival.

Tickets are available at Biļešu Paradīze outlets and online at www.bilesuparadize.lv.
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