Symphonic Brass Quintet
The Quintet
The Symphonic Brass Quintet was formed in 2023 by five motivated and dynamic students from the brass classes at Zurich University of the Arts. The quintet was born out of the desire and need to play together regularly and in the best possible way. Lucien Papaux (Trumpet) and Mik Mohnen (Trumpet) initiated the project and were soon joined by three talented music students - Gabriel Uebigau (Horn), Cyprien Grüffel (Trombone) and Côme Boutella (Tuba). Despite their very different weekly schedules, the five musicians meet up once a week and enjoy every new musical experience. Over the past few years, the Symphonic Brass Quintet has performed on a number of occasions, including in various parishes in the Zurich and Turgau region, and at its members' final exams.
Members
Members
Lucien Papaux
Lucien Papaux first studied trumpet with his father Nicolas Papaux, then with Marc-Olivier Broillet and since 2021 with Laurent Tinguely, as well as in the classes of Frits Damrow (piccolo trumpet) and Simon Lilly (baroque trumpet) at the Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK).
In recent years, he has successfully taken part in a number of competitions, including the Swiss Youth Music Competition (first prize in the final in 2021) and the Valiant Forum competition in Murten (semi-final, 2022). In 2023 he won the position of trumpet academician with the Zermatt Festival Orchestra, an orchestra with which he still collaborates. From September 2024 on, he held the position of academist with the Zürich Opera, where he benefits from the teaching of Bálazs Nèmes.
He also performs regularly as a soloist with various amateur and professional ensembles. Since 2022, he has been teaching trumpet as a substitute at Fribourg Conservatoire and as a private teacher.
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Mik Mohnen
Mik Mohnen began his training in Luxembourg at the age of 9 with Nico Koch, and later at the Luxembourg City Conservatory with Roman Zaremba and Adam Rixer. Since 2021, he has been studying at the Zurich University of Arts in the class of Frits Damrow and also receives lessons from Laurent Tinguely and Simon Lilly. From autumn 2024 on, he’s doing his master's degree in instrumental pedagogy - also in Zurich - after successfully completing the bachelor's degree. He has been teaching trumpet at the Airport Region Music School in the canton of Zurich since September 2023.
During the last years he participated in internships with the Philharmonic Orchestra Luxembourg and the Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale and took part in the Concours Luxembourgeois des jeunes Solistes 5 times. He has also performed several times as a soloist.
Gabriel Uebigau
Gabriel Uebigau was born in January 2002. At the age of seven, he began learning the horn with Mirco Capra at the Frauenfeld music school. He later attended the Weinfelden Talent Development School.
During this period, he was able to take part several times as a soloist in music competitions in the canton of Thurgau, as well as in a national competition, where he achieved good results.
Following his training as a builder, he attended the PreCollege at the ZHdK from the summer of 2021, and began his music studies on the French horn with Nigel Downing in the following year. At this time, he is continuing his studies in the class of Mischa Greull.
Cyprien Grüffel
Cyprien was born in Geneva in 1997. He started playing the trombone at the age of 11. He studied classical trombone in Geneva in Andrea Bandini's class from 2019 to 2022, and obtained his master's degree in performance in David Bruchez's class at the Zurich University of Arts in 2024. He is continuing his studies in the same class in the master's program in pedagogy.
As a freelance musician, Cyprien regularly plays in various classical orchestra projects, but also enjoys a variety of other styles of music. Since 2019, he has played trombone in three music-hall productions with the Broadway Company at the Théatre Barnabé in Servion.
Côme Boutella
Côme Boutella graduated with a master’s of music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. He has previously studied at the conservatory of La Roche sur Yon and the conservatory of Poitiers.
Invested in creation, Côme works regularly with composers to promote new compositions for tuba in soloist. His latest collaborations include composers like Demian Rudel Rey (Argentina), Alexandre Singier (France) and Eric Lebrun (France). Côme is also a member of « Duo a2 » (tuba and piano).
Côme received master classes from Roger Bobo, Sergio Finca Quirós, Oscar Abella, Perry Hoogendijk, Daniel Perantoni and Jens Bjorn-Larsen among others.
In parallel, he played with several orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orhcestra, Philharmonia Zürich, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre de l’opéra National de Lyon as well as Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn.
He is currently studying at the Zurich University of Arts with Anne Jelle Visser.
Since 2024, Côme is supported by the « Fondation Safran pour la musique »
Agenda
31st march 2024 -
Neukirch an der Thur (TG)
Ostern Messe
Deutsche Messe - Schubert
Ostern Messe
Deutsche Messe - Schubert
25th december 2024 - Neukirch an der Thur (TG)
Christmas Messe
Christmas Messe
Medias
