Symphonic Brass Quintet
The Quintet
The Symphonic Brass Quintet has been in existence since 2023 and is made up of five motivated and dynamic students from the brass classes of the Zurich University of Arts. The quintet came into being through the desire and need to make music together on a regular basis and in the best possible way. Lucien Papaux (trumpet) and Mik Mohnen (trumpet) initiated the whole thing and were soon joined by three talented and motivated music students - Gabriel Uebigau (horn), Cyprien Grüffel (trombone) and Smart Chotivisit (tuba). Despite very different weekly schedules, the five musicians get together once a week and enjoy making music as a group.
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 Fritz Damrow (piccolo trumpet) and Simon Lily (baroque trumpet) at the Zürich 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, 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.
He also performs regularly as a soloist with various ensembles. Since 2022 he is teaching as a substitute at the Conservatoire de Fribourg and as a private teacher.
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Mik Mohnen
Mik Mohnen began his training at the age of 9 with Nico Koch and later at the Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg 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. Since September 2023 he teaches trumpet at the Musikschule Region Flughafen in the canton of Zurich.
During the last few years, he participated in internships with the OPL and the Luxembourg Military Band and successfully took part in the Concours Luxembourgois des jeunes Solistes. He has also performed several times as soloist with different fromations.
Gabriel Uebigau
Gabriel Uebigau was born in January 2002. At the age of seven, he began horn lessons with Mirco Capra at the Frauenfeld Music School. Later, he attended the talent promotion program in Weinfelden.
During this time he was able to participate as a soloist several times in music competitions in the canton of Thurgau but also in a national competition with successful results.
After training as a constructor, he attended the PreCollege at the Zurich University of Arts from summer 2021 and began studying music with Nigel Downing on the French horn the following year.
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 the class of Andrea Bandini from 2019 to 2022 and is now in the class of David Bruchez at the Zurich University of Arts for his degree in Master Performance.
As a free-lance musician, Cyprien regularly plays in various classical orchestral projects, but also enjoys various other styles of music. Since 2019, he has been part of three music-hall productions as a trombonist, the "Broadway Company" at the "Barnabé Theatre" in Servion.
Smart Chotivisit
Smart Chotivisit was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1995. He received his instrumental training in tuba at the Pre-College Department of the College of Music of Mahidol University.
He then completed his Bachelor and Master studies at the Zurich University of Arts in the tuba class of Anne Jelle Visser. In 2022, he then began his second master's degree in instrumental pedagogy at the same university.
Agenda
31st march 2024 -
Neukirch an der Thur (TG)
Ostern Messe
Deutsche Messe - Schubert
Ostern Messe
Deutsche Messe - Schubert
Medias
Audio material will be available soon