The Pentabrass Quintet was founded in Italy in 1998 by professional musicians active in such important European orchestras as the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra of Milan, the Rai National Symphony Orchestra of Italy, the St. Petersburg Orchestra, the Lugano Swiss Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Paris Opera Orchestra. Currently its members, who also perform as soloists and in chamber music and  receive awards in important national and international competitions, are all first-chair players in the Teatro Regio Orchestra of Turin.
The ensemble tours regularly in Italy, holds master classes and is invited to the most important music festivals for brass in Lombardy, Calabria, Valle d’Aosta, Emilia and Piedmont.
Pentabrass has won international acclaim with its performance at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels for the Belgian royal family,  numerous concerts in Germany, and the opening concert at the brass festival in Dombes, France. The group was invited to the 13th Conference of Asia and Pacific Band Directors Association and the Jeju Ensemble Festival in Korea, where it held concerts and took part in the jury for the competition for brass soloists and quintets.
Pentabrass has been invited to the University of Georgia (U.S.A.) for the 2005 UGA Brass Spring Festival.
The group has participated in numerous radio and television transmissions for the Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, Sky Satellite England and France 3.
Pentabrass has received excellent references for the quality of their performances from O. De Rosa, musical director of the Miami City Ballet, E. Creese, director of the London Symphony Brass Ensemble, E. Tarr, soloist and professor of Baroque trumpet at the Basel Conservatory, Fred Mills, founder of Canadian Brass and professor at the University of Georgia. Mill’s high regard for the group has turned into a rewarding collaboration of performing and teaching: together with him Pentabrass organized three festivals in Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
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