The quintet was founded in 2007 and operates within the Association of Croatian Trombone and Tuba players - Busina.

This international ensemble consists of musicians from Croatia and guests from Slovenia, and its members are among the most awarded musicians of the younger generation and work in the best orchestras in Croatia and abroad. The ensemble performs a diverse program ranging from original works for brass to arrangements of famous orchestral excerpts, jazz, 20th century music and film music.

In addition to performances throughout Croatia, (Požega, Vinkovci, Petrinja, Zagreb, Zabok, Samobor, Koprivnica, Šibenik, ...), Busina Brass Quintet has developed a very busy international presence, so in its long career has performed in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Great Britain, Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Italy, Georgia, Israel, Japan and Serbia, where they performed the European premiere of the song "Shadowcatcher" by American composer Eric Ewazen for solo brass quintet and symphony orchestra accompanied by the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra.

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It is especially important to mention as many as 5 guest appearances in Japan, which is really rare for such an ensemble: they performed concerts in Yokohama (Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Tokai Sagami high school), Tsuruoka (Higashi high school wind band), Niigata (Hokuetsu High School), Kyoto (Kyoto Jing) High School), Osaka, Nara. During their time in Japan, the ensemble has tutored over 1000 Japanese students in various chamber ensembles and individual lessons.

The ensemble also often accompanies the Croatian Armed Forces Symphony Wind Orchestra, with which it performs original compositions for wind quintet and orchestra.

Busina Brass Quintet is a resident ensemble of the Summer Music Academy Vodice.

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