Gegründet im Jahre 2004, gehört das Blechbläserquintett Pentaphonic Brass zu einem der wenigen professionellen Blechbläserquintette im Großraum Rhein-Ruhr.
Konzerte an so ungewöhnlichen Orten wie dem Düsseldorfer Flughafen oder dem Industrieclub Düsseldorf trugen zum großen Erfolg des Ensembles bei. Darüber hinaus konzertierte Pentaphonic Brass bei der Deutschen Lufthansa in Köln sowie bei zahlreichen weiteren Veranstaltungen.
Formed in 2004, Pentaphonic Brass is one of the few professional brass quintets in the Rhine-Ruhr area. They have played concerts at the Düsseldorf Airport(for the 50th birthday of Lufthansa), at the Industry Club in Düsseldorf, concerts in Boppard at the Engelbert Humperdink Society, at the Kunstage in Winningen, at the New Talents Festival in Cologne, and many others.
Members:
Danial Ackermann:
Studied Trumpet with Prof. Malte Burba in Mainz and with Urban Agnas in Cologne. He has played in the Opera Houses in Trier, Koblenz and Cologne. Daniel has performed as a soloist with several orchestras and plays in Big Bands as well as many different chamber music ensembles. Aside from his teaching in the Koblenz area he is known for playing many different styles of music.
Thomas Gerstel:
Druing his studies with Albrecht Eichberger and Tobias Füller, Thomas played with the the Orchestras of Flensburg and with the "Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie" in Herford. He has participated in master classes with Prof. Malte Burba, Klaus Schuhwerk, and Bo Nilsson.Along with teaching he performs with musical and opera productions in the Rhine-Ruhr area
Bert Bürgers:
was born in 1967 in Rheydt and had his first horn lessons when he was 11 years old at the city charter school for music in Mönchengladbach. He studied at the Folkwang Acedemy of Music in Essen with Wolfgang Wilhelmi and Hermann Baumann, with whom he finished his Konzertexamen in 1996. Bert's lessons with Stefan de Leval Jezierski, hornist of the Berlin Philharmonic has influenced him greatly. From 1992 to 1998 he was principal hornist oft he Philharmonic Orchestra of West Pomerania in Hanseatic Cities of Greifswald and Stralsund. Since 1998 he has held the same position with the Klassical Philharmonic of Bonn.
Andreas Deichmann:
Studied Trombone with Prof. Eckhard Treichel in Düsseldorf. In 2001/2 he was "Praktikant" with the Düsseldorfer Symphony Orchestra. Andreas performs regularly with several musical productions in all of Germany. Among these are Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and most recently Hair Spray.
Joseph Bartz:
A Native of Wiscosin, had his first private studies with David Sawall, former bass trombonist of the Tommy Dorsey and Glen Miller Orchestras. His other primary private teachers were Dr. Charles Isaacson and Joseph Stegemann. Joe Studied German and Music at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he also studied composition with Dr. James Chaudoir.
In 2005 he earned his Diploma from the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. He was Praktikant at the Gürzenich Orchestra and plays regularly with orchestras in the Rhein-Ruhr area. In Oct. 2009 Joe finished the soloist's degree Konzertexamen in Cologne.
