2018 European Announcements
The European Brass Band Association has announced adjudicators for the European Championship contests. The names of the twenty soloists selected for the two rounds of the European Soloist Competition have also been released, with three eventually being chosen to compete in the grand final on 3rd May in Utrecht.
Adjudication teams:
Championship Section (set-test)/ Challenge Section:
Jan de Haan (Netherlands)
Russell Gray (Scotland)
Joseph Parisi (United States)
Championship Section (own-choice):
Blaise Héritier (Switzerland)
Erik Janssen (Netherlands)
Ian Porthouse (Wales)
European Youth Brass Band Contest:
Rieks van der Velde (Netherlands)
Katrina Wheeler (England)
European Soloist Competition:
Martin Winter (Norway)
Simone Rebello (England)
Tormod Flaten (Norway)
Erik Janssen (Netherlands) (only final)
Competitors:
Tolga Akman (Germany) — Trombone
William Birrer (Switzerland) — Euphonium
Kevin Buchard (Switzerland) — Horn
Giuliano Cerbarano (Italy) — Euphonium
Léonie Coquoz (Switzerland) — Cornet
Kjell de Raes (Belgium) — Marimba
Robert Ernest (Netherlands) — Cornet
Ludovic Fresel (France) — Horn
Lionel Fumeaux (Switzerland) — Bass trombone
Luc Geraats (Netherlands) — Tuba
Felix Geroldinger (Austria) — Baritone
Lorenz Havermans (Belgium) — Euphonium
Peter McDonough (Wales)- Euphonium
Jerome Müller (Switzerland)- Euphonium
Sébastian Perez (France) — Tuba
Mathilde Roh (Switzerland) — Cornet
Aurelien Roussel (France) — Euphonium
August Schieldrop (Norway) — Tuba
Youji Shin (Netherlands) — Marimba
Lode Violet (Belgium) — Cornet
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