Gomalan Brass Quintet

The Gomalan Brass Quintet is an eclectic and extremely dynamic brass group, born in 1999 and made up of five excellent musicians: Marco Pierobon (trumpet), Francesco Gibellini (trumpet), Nilo Caracristi (horn), Gianluca Scipioni (trombone), Stefano Ammannati (tuba). Thanks to the compelling synergy between executive skill and theatrical involvement, a distinctive feature of the quintet, the Gomalan Brass juggles with ease within a vast repertoire, which ranges from Renaissance to melodrama and contemporary music, without disdaining forays into the repertoire of light music. The shows proposed and continuously renewed, the recognized musical quality and the histrionic verve of the components have been conquering audiences and critics from all over the world for more than twenty years.

Just two years after its foundation, in November 2001, the group won the first prize at the “City of Passau” International Competition (Germany), one of the most worldwide prestigious awards in the brass music field, earning the esteem of the international music world.

Regularly invited in the most important Italian concert halls and festivals, the Gomalan Brass has also performed in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

The quintet has published five albums and two DVDs by Summit Records and Naxos. “Moviebrass”, the third project, was among the most downloaded from the classicsonline.com site.

“It’s a great group: virtuosity and musicality out of the ordinary” (Zubin Metha)