Stockholm Chamber Brass

Swedish brass ensemble, founded in 1988 by five young Swedes, originally only to rehearse brass chamber music together. With funding from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, they decided to travel to Narbonne, France, for their first public engagement at the International Competition for Brass Quintets. The group went on to win 1st Prize and so began its nearly 30 year career as one of the leading Brass Ensembles in the world. Very early on in the development of the quintet, they made the active commitment to seek out commissions from new and established composers alike, in order to enlarge the amount of original repertoire for brass quintet. The first commission was made in 1990 and since then over 40 compositions have been written for the group. Through the constant programming and recording of these works, many of the their commissions have gone on to become the most frequently performed original works for brass quintet around the world. Notable composers to write for the group include Anders Hillborg, Sven David Sandström, Karin Rehnquist, Christian Lindberg, Eino Tamberg and Piers Hellawell. Current members are: Tom Poulson Jonas Bylund Urban Agnas Annamia Larsson Dirk Hirthe