Roll of Honour
Championship Section
| 2023 | Malmö | Sweden | Aurora Joel Thoor Engström |
Brass Band Treize Etoiles |
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| 2022 | Birmingham | England | Saints Triumphant Philip Wilby |
Cory Band (Wales) Philip Harper |
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| 2021 | – | – | Event cancelled | |||
| 2020 | – | – | Event cancelled | |||
| 2019 | Montreux | Switzerland | Dear Cassandra Ludovic Neurohr |
Cory Band (Wales) Philip Harper |
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| 2018 | Utrecht | The Netherlands | Time for Outrage! Marco Pütz |
Valaisia Brass Band (Switzerland) Arsène Duc |
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| 2017 | Oostende | Belgium | Where Angels Fly Kevin Houben |
Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag Ingar H. Bergby |
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| 2016 | Lille | France | Fraternity Thierry Deleruyelle |
Cory Band (Wales) Philip Harper |
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| 2015 | Freiburg | Germany | The God Particle Rolf Rudin |
Black Dyke Band (England) Dr Nicholas J. Childs |
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| 2014 | Perth | Scotland | Muckle Flugga Rory Boyle |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern (Switzerland) Michael Bach |
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| 2013 | Oslo | Norway | Myth Forest Stig Nordhagen |
Cory Band (Wales) Philip Harper |
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| 2012 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Vita Aeterna variations – Variations and fugue on an original theme Alexander Comitas |
Black Dyke Band (England) Dr Nicholas J Childs |
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| 2011 | Montreux | Switzerland | Audivi Media Nocte Oliver Waspi |
Manger Musikklag (Norway) Peter Szilvay |
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| 2010 | Linz | Austria | Spiriti Thomas Doss |
Cory Band (Wales) Dr.Robert Childs |
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| 2009 | Oostende | Belgium | From Ancient Times Jan van der Roost |
Cory Band (Wales) A – SECTION Winners Dr Robert Childs |
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| 2008 | Stavanger | Norway | Brass Blót Håkon Berge |
Cory Band ( Wales) Dr Robert Childs |
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| 2007 | Birmingham | England | Elgar Variations Martin Ellerby |
Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frans Violet |
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| 2006 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Seascape with High Cliffs Ian Wilson |
Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frans Violet |
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| 2005 | Groningen | Netherlands | Extreme Make-Over Johan de Meij |
Black Dyke Band (1855) Ltd (England) Dr.Nicholas Childs |
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| 2004 | Glasgow | Scotland | St. Magnus Kenneth Downie |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 2003 | Bergen | Norway | Aubade – Dawn Songs of the Fabulous Birds Torstein Aargaard-Nilsen |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 2002 | Brussels | Belgium | Chain Piet Swerts |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 2001 | Montreux | Switzerland | Wind Dances Carl Rütti |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 2000 | Birmingham | England | Tallis Variations Philip Sparke |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 1999 | Munich | Germany | Odyssey Kevin Norbury |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 1998 | Kerkrade | Netherlands | Burlesque for Brass Band Rob Goorhuis |
Brighouse and Rastrick Band (England) Allan Withington |
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| 1997 | London | England | Salamander John McCabe |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 1996 | Bergen | Norway | Seid Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen |
Yorkshire Building Society Band (England) David King |
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| 1995 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Red Earth Roland Wiltgen |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) James Watson |
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| 1994 | Montreux | Switzerland | Le Chant de l’Alpe Jean Balissat |
Williams Fariey Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1993 | Plymouth | England | Sounds John Golland |
Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frans Violet |
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| 1992 | Cardiff | Wales | Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden Gareth Wood |
Britannia Building Society Band (England) Howard Snell |
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| 1991 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | A London Overture Philip Sparke |
John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band (England) David King |
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| 1990 | Falkirk | Scotland | The Essence of Time Peter Graham |
John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band (England) David King |
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| 1989 | Bergen | Norway | Trittico James Curnow |
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag Band (Norway) Howard Snell |
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| 1988 | Lucerne | Switzerland | Connotations Edward Gregson |
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag Band (Norway) Howard Snell |
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| 1987 | Nottingham | England | Frontier Michael Ball |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1986 | Cardiff | Wales | The Year of the Dragon Philip Sparke |
Desford Colliery Dowty Band (England) Howard Snell |
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| 1985 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Royal Parks George Lloyd |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1984 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Refrains and Cadenzas Thomas Wilson |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1983 | Kerkrade | Netherlands | Ciacona Seria Henk Badings |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1982 | London | England | Journey into Freedom Eric Ball |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1981 | London | England | Caliban Arthur Butterworth |
Brighouse and Rastrick Band (England) James Scott |
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| 1980 | London | England | The Land of the Long White Cloud Philip Sparke |
The Cory Band (Wales) Denzil Stephens |
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| 1979 | London | England | Symphonic Music Paul Huber |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
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| 1978 | London | England | Introduction, Elegy and Caprice Morley Calvert |
Black Dyke Mills Band (England) Major Peter Parkes |
Challenge Section
| 2023 | Malmö | Sweden | Tragic Overture Tobias Broström |
Brass Band Überetsch |
| 2022 | Birmingham | England | Variations for Brass Band Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Brass Band Regensburg (Germany) Dave Lea |
| 2021 | Malmö | Sweden | Event cancelled – |
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| 2020 | Palanga | Lithuania | Event cancelled – |
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| 2019 | Montreux | Switzerland | Terezin Mario Bürki |
Brass Band Regensburg (Germany) Dave Lea |
| 2018 | Utrecht | The Netherlands | Mystic Echoes Hendrik de Boer |
Italian Brass Band Filippo Cangiamila |
| 2017 | Oostende | Belgium | Insomnia Bart Picqueur |
Italian Brass Band Filippo Cangiamila |
| 2016 | Lille | France | Samson Rodolphe Schacher |
Brass Band Sachsen (Germany) Bryan Allen |
| 2015 | Freiburg | Germany | Orígenes Carlos Cárdenas |
Italian Brass Band (Italy) Filippo Cangiamila |
| 2014 | Perth | Scotland | The Pilgrim Josiah Walters |
Brass Band Wipptal (Italy) Martin Grouber |
| 2012 | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | Light in the Darkness Joop van Dijk |
Austrian Brass Band of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria) Prof. Uwe Köller |
| 2011 | Montreux | Switzerland | Vertex Stephan Hodel |
Ensemble de Culvres Euphonia – B Section Winner Michael Bach |
| 2010 | Linz | Austria | Up My Alley Albin Zaininger |
Austrian Brass Band – B Section winner Uwe Köller |
| 2009 | Oostende | Belgium | Catedrales Bert Apermont |
3BA-brass (Germany) B – SECTION Winners Franz Matysiak |
| 2008 | Stavanger | Norway | Cornucopia Craig Farr |
Brass Band Frener-Reifer Pfeffersberg (Italy) Bernard Reifer |
| 2007 | Birmingham | England | The Drop Simon Dobson |
Brass Band Frener-Reifer Pfeffersberg (Italy) Bernard Reifer |
| 2006 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Little Christmas Elaine Agnew |
Brass Band Oberosterreich (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
| 2005 | Groningen | Netherlands | Match-Rhythm Jan Bosveld |
Brass Band Oberosterreich (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
| 2004 | Glasgow | Scotland | A first for ‘Airs and Dances’ & short program of own choice pieces Alan Fernie |
Torshavn Brass Band (Faeroe Islands) Ove Olsen |
| 2003 | Bergen | Norway | short program of own choice pieces | Brøttum Brass (Norway) Erling J. Myrseth |
| 2002 | Brussels | Belgium | Excalibur Jan van der Roost |
L’Ensemble de Cuivre Nord – Pas de Calais Philippe Lorthios |
| 2001 | Montreux | Switzerland | Symphonic Music Paul Huber |
Brass Band Euphonia (Switzerland) Adrian Schneider |
| 2000 | Birmingham | England | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Robert Redhead |
Brass Band Normandie (France) Philippe Gervais |
| 1999 | Munich | Germany | The Bandsman’s Challenge Bertrand Moren |
Fröschl Hall (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
| 1998 | Kerkrade | Netherlands | Fantasy Joop van Dijk |
Fröschl Hall (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
| 1997 | London | England | Entertainements Gilbert Vinter |
Fröschl Hall (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
| 1996 | Bergen | Norway | Occasion Edward Gregson |
Brass Band Normandie (France) Philippe Gervais |
| 1995 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Three Musketeers George Hespe |
Brass Band Oberschwaben-Allgäu (Germany) Gerd Kurat |
| 1994 | Resurgam | Switzerland | Resurgam Eric Ball |
Fröschl Hall (Austria) Hannes Buchegger |
European Composers Competition
2022 (Birmingham, England)
| 1 | Stendhall’s Syndrom by Théo Rossier | Switzerland |
| 2 | Machiavelli – Ruminations on The Prince by Andy Wareham | England |
| 3 | Insecurity by Thibaut Bruniaux (+ audience prize) | France |
2019 (Montreux, Switzerland)
| 1 | A Dialogue of transmogrified Souls… by Daniel Hall | England |
| 2 | Ironbright by Paul Saggers | England |
| 3 | Bipolarity by Stijn Aertgeerts (+ audience prize) | Belgium |
2015 (Freiburg, Germany)
| 1 | L’Effet Divers by Stan Nieuwenhuis | Belgium/The Netherlands |
| 2 | Symmetricoil by Christian Overhead | UK/The Netherlands |
| 3 | … as a Glow by Ludovic Neurohr | Switzerland |
2012 (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
| 1 | Lullaby by Paul McGhee | England |
| 2 | Impact by Joel Engström | Sweden |
| 3 | Looking In by Tom Davoren | Wales |
| 4 | Red Mountain by Marc Jeanbourquin (+ audience prize) | Sweden |
2009 (Oostende, Belgium)
| 1 | Visions by Bertrand Moren | Switzerland |
| 2 | Whirl by Ludovic Neurohr | Switzerland |
| 3 | Rain (+ audience prize) | Belgium |
2006 (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
| 1 | Arcana by Kevin Houben | Belgium |
| 2 | Odyssey by Joel Engström | Sweden |
| 3 | Sinfonietta by Gareth Downey (+ audience prize) | Northern Ireland |
2002 (Brussels, Belgium)
| 1 | Four Britten Sketches by Simon Dobson | England |
| 2 | Evolutions by Pascal Gendre (+ audience prize) | Switzerland |
| 3 | Behind the Dark by Idar Torskangerpoll | Norway |
| 4 | Eclipse by Iain Rayner | England |
1998 (Kerkrade, The Netherlands)
| 1 | European Overture by Bertrand Moren (shared 1st prize) | Switzerland |
| 1 | Canto de Sonanza by Dag Egil Njaa (shared 1st prize) | Norway |
| 3 | Tarantella with Interlude by Oliver Waespi (+ audience prize) | Switzerland |
European Soloist competition
2023 (Malmö, Sweden)
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1 |
Thibaut De Bondt (Baritone) |
Belgium |
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2 |
Jonas Florin Elmiger (Marimba) |
Switzerland |
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3 |
Simon Gabriel (Cornet) |
Switzerland |
2018 (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
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1 |
Felix Geroldinger (baritone) |
Austria |
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2 |
Lionel Fumeaux (bass-trombone) |
Switzerland |
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3 |
Luc Geraats (tuba) |
The Netherlands |
2016 (Lille, France)
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1 |
Jérémy Coquoz (cornet) |
Switzerland |
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2 |
Adélaïde Ferrière (marimba) |
France |
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3 |
Sophie Budelot (Eb horn) |
France |
2014 (Perth, Scotland)
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1 |
Vidar Nordli (trombone) |
Norway |
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2 |
Ross Knight (tuba) |
Scotland |
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3 |
Philippe Schwartz (euphonium) |
Luxembourg |
2010 (Linz, Austria)
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1 |
Glenn Van Looy (euphonium) |
Belgium |
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2 |
Katrina Marzella (baritone) |
Scotland |
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3 |
Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet) |
Belgium |
2007 (Birmingham, England)
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1 |
Lin Chin-Cheng (marimba) |
Belgium |
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2 |
Steven Walsh (euphonium) |
England |
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3 |
Steffen Maersk (trombone) |
Denmark |
2004 (Glasgow, Scotland)
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1 |
Raf Van Looveren (cornet) |
Belgium |
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2 |
Andrew King (trombone) |
England |
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3 |
Bert Van Thienen (soprano cornet) |
Belgium |
2001 (Montreux, Switzerland)
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1 |
Hannes Hölzl (trombone) |
Austria |
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2 |
Lydia Stöckli (cornet) |
Switzerland |
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3 |
Anita Heuberger (bass trombone) |
Switzerland |
1999 (Munich, Germany)
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1 |
Thomas Rüedi (euphonium) |
Switzerland |
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2 |
Roland Szentpali (tuba) |
Hungary |
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3 |
Tormod Flaten (euphonium) |
Norway |
European Conductors competition
2017 (Oostende, Belgium)
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1 |
Carlos Alberto Ramón-Péréz (Spain) |
Spain |
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2 |
Borja Martínez Alegre |
Spain |
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3 |
Maxime Pitois |
France |
2013 (Oslo, Norway)
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1 |
Kalle Kuusava |
Finland |
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2 |
Adam Cooke |
United Kingdom |
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3 |
Dominik Koch |
Germany |
2011 (Montreux, Switzerland)
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1 |
Erik van de Kolk |
The Netherlands |
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2 |
Tristan Uth |
Germany |
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3 |
Nick Ost |
Belgium |
2008 (Stavanger, Norway)
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1 |
Mathias Wehr |
Germany |
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2 |
Armin Renggli |
Switzerland |
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3 |
Mirga Grazinyté |
Lithuania |
2005 (Groningen, the Netherlands)
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1 |
Christian Radner |
Austria |
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2 |
Bjorn Bus |
The Netherlands |
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3 |
Octavio Mas-Arocas |
Spain |
2003 (Bergen, Norway)
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1 |
Jesper Juul Sørensen |
Denmark |
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2 |
Herve Grelat |
Switzerland |
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3 |
John Philip Hannevik |
Norway |
2000 (Birmingham, England)
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1 |
Jose-Raphael Pascual |
Spain |
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2 |
Jesper Sørensen |
Denmark |
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3 |
Philippe E. Bach |
Switzerland |
EYBBC Development
| 2023 | Malmö | Sweden | Turning Torso Magnus Hylander |
Smørås Skolemusikk (Norway) Magnus Brandseth |
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| 2022 | Birmingham | England | Corineus Christopher Bond |
Wardle Academy Youth Band (England) |
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| 2021 | Cancelled due to covid | |||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to covid | |||||
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2019 |
Montreux |
Switzerland |
Argos |
Wardle Academy Youth Band (England) |
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2018 |
Utrecht |
Netherlands |
Valerius Variations |
Wardle Academy Youth Band (England) |
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2017 |
Oostende |
Belgium |
Little Suite No. 2 |
Elland Silver Youth (England) |
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2016 |
Lille |
France |
Music for Greenwich |
Tertnes Skoles Musikkorps (Norway) |
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2015 |
Freiburg |
Germany |
Patterns |
Wardle Academy Youth Band (England) |
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2014 |
Perth |
Scotland |
Little Suite for Brass |
Manger Skulemusikklag (Norway) |
EYBBC Premier
| 2023 | Malmö | Sweden | Phoenix’ Chant Daniel Möllås |
Catch Basin Brass Band (Austria) Andreas Lackner |
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| 2022 | Birmingham | England | A Brief Symphony of Time Simon Dobson |
Catch Basin Brass Band (Austria) Andreas Lackner |
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| 2021 | Cancelled due to covid | |||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to covid | |||||
| 2019 | Montreux | Switzerland | Sanctuary! Daniel Hall |
Catch Basin Brass Band (Austria) Andreas Lackner |
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| 2018 | Utrecht | The Netherlands | Chaucer’s Tunes Michael Ball |
Youth Brass 2000 (England) Chris Jeans |
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| 2017 | Oostende | Belgium | Dimensions Peter Graham |
Young Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frams Violet |
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| 2016 | Lille | France | Olympus Philip Harper |
Young Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frans Violet |
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| 2015 | Freiburg | Germany | Arcana Kevin Houben |
Young Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) Frans Violet |
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| 2014 | Perth | Scotland | Resurgam Eric Ball |
Liberty Brass Band Junior (Switzerland) Christoph Luchsinger |