La familia Stomvi
Spanish Brass Luur Metalls
In 1989 five Spanish musicians created an eclectic and innovative project that they have been developing over the years in different fields: music performance, education and creation. Today they tour all over the world, with courses intended for chamber music and recordings.
In 1996 they won the First Prize in the "Ville de Narbonne" (France) 6th International Competition for Brass Quintets, considered to be the event of greatest prestige for this ensemble. We should also mention their participation in the prize-giving Gala of the Príncipe de Asturias awards in 1995, at the Gran Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo (Spain), broadcast on television to over 700 million watchers.
Their repertoire is one of the most painstakingly thought-out aspects of their performances, along with the staging. Some of their shows that are worthy of mention are: Concierto del desconcierto (A disconcerting concert, brass quintet), Metàl•lics (educational concert), Brassiana (with jazz trio), Make a Brazz noise here (Tribute to F. Zappa) or Relatos imprevistos (Unexpected Tales, an educational concert for brass quintet and narrator).
They regularly cooperate with artists of such international renown as Christian Lindberg, Ole E. Antonsen or Kenny Wheeler and other groups as Amores Grup de Percussió or the Orfeó Valencià Navarro Reverter.
They have released fifteen recordings, including a DVD-CD and a double CD, showing their many facets. They recorded the music for the play “La Fundación de Buero Vallejo” for the National Drama Centre and the soundtrack of the film “Descongélate”, by Félix Sabroso, for El Deseo Producers.
Spanish Brass Luur Metalls has participated in such important events as the Festival de Musique de Radio-France, Granada International Festival of Music and Dance (Spain), Bonner Herbst (Germany), Muzyka w Starym Krakowie Festival (Poland), New York Brass Conference (USA), Santander International Music Festival (Spain), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Great American Brass Band Festival (USA), Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival (Spain), Cheju Summer Festival (Korea), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany), National Auditorium (Madrid, Spain), Palau de la Música (Barcelona, Spain), San Sebastian Music Fortnight (Spain), Wartburg Festival in Eisenach (Germany), Kalavrita Festival (Greece), Merano Brass Festival and Trento Philharmonic (Italy), Barcelona Auditorium (Spain), Festival de Inverno de Brasilia (Brasil), Puerto Rico International Festival, International Trumpet Guild Conference (USA), International Trombone Association Festival (USA), Basilica Festival (Belgium), Lieksa Brass Week (Finland), among others.
SBLM organizes also two brass international festivals: Spanish Brassurround Torrent and Spanish Brass Alzira Festival, where each year some of the most renowned international brass soloists, groups and musicians get together.
Spanish Brass Luur Metalls is sponsored by instrument makers Stomvi, since 2003, and they have also been backed by the Valencian Music Institute and at present also by the INAEM.
Members: Carlos Benetó, trompeta / Juanjo Serna, trompeta / Manuel Pérez, trompa / Indalecio Bonet, trombón / Sergio Finca, tuba.