Gala Concert: Moravia Brass Band & Joseph Alessi

Name: Gala Concert: Moravia Brass Band & Joseph Alessi
Start: 2026-10-25T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-25T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Sono Centrum

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · 19:00

Sono Centre, Brno

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The Moravia Brass Band Gala Concert featuring trombonist Joseph Alessi takes place on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at Sono Music Club in Brno. This is the ceremonial opening of the brass orchestra's concert season, held for the first time in this new Brno venue. Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, brings world-class brass repertoire to Brno. The concert will be conducted by Chuhei Iwasaki. Sono Music Club is one of Brno's most significant music venues, equipped with professional sound and lighting systems and regularly hosting Czech and international performers.

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About the venue: Sono Centre

Sono Centrum is a multi-purpose building on Veveří street in the Brno-Žabovřesky district, opened in 2014. The nine-storey structure, featuring a distinctive concrete sphere designed by architect František Šmédek, houses a music club, hotel, restaurant, and conference hall. The music hall holds up to 1,200 standing guests and is equipped with an L-Acoustics PA system, a NEVE mixing desk, and a Steinway piano. It hosts concerts of all genres, dance nights, festivals, conferences, and corporate events.

Veveří 2832/115, 616 00 Brno Get directions

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About: Moravia Brass Band

A thirty-strong brass orchestra from Brno led by Chuhei Iwasaki - resident ensemble of Brno Brass Fest and a driving force behind new brass band repertoire in the Czech Republic. Every Gala Concert features a world premiere alongside soloists from the top of the international brass world.

2030

followers on Facebook

professional musicians in the orchestra

6000

listeners at Film Music Tour 2018 (11 concerts)

Tour

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Tracks

The Originalconcert program with original compositions written directly for brass band, without arrangements - opening program of Brno Brass Fest 2025

Planety (G. Holst)groundbreaking performance of Holst's suite arranged for brass band with light projection from Brno Observatory

Film Music Tourtour with film music (2018-2019), 11 concerts, approximately 6,000 listeners

Brass Upjoint project with Prague Royal Philharmonic conducted by Heiko Mathiase Förster, also performed in Dresden

Žestě rozezní chrámbaroque program with Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno or organ, performed at festivals Smetanova Litomyšl, Svatováclavský hudební festival and others

About: Joseph Alessi

Alessi has anchored the trombone section of the New York Philharmonic for over four decades and ranks among the most influential brass pedagogues of his generation, with Juilliard alumni filling principal chairs across the globe. His discography includes a Grammy-winning recording and world premieres of concertos by Rouse, Bolcom, and Chick Corea.

14+

solo albums in discography

1985

year of joining New York Philharmonic (holds the position to this day)

1×

Grammy Award (Best Contemporary Classical Composition, 2001)

1993

Pulitzer Prize for Music - for the world premiere of Rouse's Trombone Concerto (1992)

What's new

2026-07
Alessi performed as a solo guest at an Imperial Brass concert in Ocean Grove (New Jersey) as part of the Summer Stars Classical Concert Series summer series.
2026-02
Alessi performed as a guest soloist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra at the concert "Planet Earth: A Symphonic Journey".
2025-11
Alessi conducted the World Doctor's Orchestra - a new role that expands his previous conducting activities.

Tracks

Christopher Rouse: Trombone Concertoworld premiere in 1992 with New York Philharmonic; Pulitzer Prize for Music 1993

George Crumb: Star-Childrecording from 1999 with Warsaw Philharmonic; Grammy Award 2001 for Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Trombonasticssolo album on Summit Records; one of the key works in Alessi's discography

Chick Corea: Trombone Concertoworld premiere 2021 in São Paulo, American premiere 2023 with New York Philharmonic; the concerto was composed specifically for Alessi

Fandangoalbum with trumpeter Philip Smith (Summit Records); an example of Alessi's chamber music work

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