ABOUT US
Anima Trombone Quartet
The members of the Anima Trombone Quartet: Marcel Puig Castells (Catalunya, Spain), Botond Drahos (Hungary), Elai Grisaru Drori (Israel) and Amit Rozenzweig (Israel) started working together as students at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.
The Anima Trombone Quartet set itself as a goal, from the first moment on, to break the stigma and reputation of the trombone in the classical music scene as a functional instrument. They wish to expand the repertoire of the Trombone quartet, putting together meaningful programs with new socially related concepts and with the help of young composers, bringing onto classical music stages new music that is influenced by their different tradition and homelands while they keep exploring and expanding the technical and musical abilities of their instrument.
THE MEMBERS
BOTOND DRAHOS
Botond Drahos (born 2003, Kaposvár, Hungary) began playing the trombone in his hometown. From 2018, he was studying at the St. Stephen Conservatory in Budapest with Róbert Lugosi. Since 2022, he has been studying with Prof. Jonas Bylund and Tomer Maschkowski.
Since then, he has won various competitions, including the “Città di Porcia” Competition in Italy and the Markneukirchen International Competition, in which he also won the audience award. He received an honourable mention in the Michel Becquet Competition and was awarded Special Prize at the Prague Spring International Competition.
Despite his young age, he has performed in front of several orchestras many times as a soloist such as, the St. Stephan Conservatory Wind Band, Friuli Venezia Giulia Orchestra, Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz/Reichenbach, Kammerorchester Pforzheim or the Pannon Philharmonic.
He is regular guest with orchestras such as the Dresdner Staatskapelle, NDR RadioPhilharmonie and the Munich Philharmonic.
MARCEL PUIG CASTELLS
Marcel Puig Castells was born in 1993 in Igualada, Catalonia. His musical education began
at the age of 3 with the cello. He studied cello at the Conservatory of Igualada and
completed his studies in 2011.
From 2011 to 2015, he studied and completed a Bachelor's degree in folk music at ESMUC
(Barcelona College of Music). During his studies, he also began to take up the trombone.
In 2016, he began a Bachelor's degree in the trombone class at HMT Rostock with Jamie
Williams and Tomer Maschkowski. He completed his studies in 2020 and in the same year
began a Master's degree at the Freiburg University of Music, studying under Professor
Fabrice Millischer.
Since 2023, he has been the principal trombonist of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz
at the city's State Theatre.
He performs as a guest with major orchestras in Germany and Europe, such as the
Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Saarbrücken
State Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony, and the German State Philharmonic of
Rhineland-Palatinate, among others.
Since 2025, he has been a member of the Anima Trombone Quartet
ELAI GRISARU DRORI
Elai Grisaru Drori is principal trombonist of the Munich Philharmonic since the 2026/27 season. He was the principal trombonist of the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal during the 2023/24-2025/26 seasons. Elai is a prizewinner of the prestigious International Aeolus Wind Competition and also won both first prize in the brass instruments category and the award for best interpretation of an Israeli work at the Israel Spring Competition.
As a chamber musician, he performs as a member of the Anima Trombone Quartet, with which he won first prize at the International Trombone Quartet Competition in Frankfurt am Main in 2024. He also regularly appears as a guest with renowned brass chamber ensembles such as the Trombone Unit Hannover and Salaputia Brass. As a guest musician, he has already performed with several orchestras in Germany, including the Munich Philharmonic, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and the Staatsoper Hannover. In June 2022, he took part in the Pacific Music Festival in Japan.
Elai Grisaru Drori is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Prof. Jonas Bylund. He gained his first musical experience at the age of eight at the conservatory in Petah Tikva. Later, he studied trombone and euphonium with Nir Erez and Micha Davis, members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed with numerous Israeli orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Opera Orchestra.
AMIT ROZENZWEIG
Amit began his musical journey at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Israel before continuing his studies in Germany, where he graduated Master’s degrees in Orchestra Studies at the hmt Rostock and Artistic Education at the HMTM Hannover. He has performed with many renowned orchestras across Europe and Israel, among them the Israel Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. From 2012 to 2014, Amit served as Solo Bass Trombone of the Israel Opera Orchestra and later performed with the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra as an intern. He also played under a contract with Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover and Staatsorchester Braunschweig.
As a passionate chamber musician, he is a member of Ensemble Reflektor and founder of the Anima Trombone Quartet, with which he has received international recognition and competition prizes.
