Championship Section

In the Championship section we have a full line up with 15 participating bands.
Defending champions Brassband Willebroek will be joined by Festival Brass Band from
Belgium. Flowers Band will for the first time represent England, Whitburn Band represents
Scotland, and from Wales the Tredegar Town Band will take the stage in the Brucknerhaus.
The Scandinavian countries will be represented with Göta Brass Band from Sweden,
Concord Brass Band from Denmark, and Manger Musikklag from Norway.
Brass LT from Lithuania will play in the championship section for their second time, and 3BA
Concert Band is back in the championship representing Germany.
Brass Band Oberösterreich will represent the host country.
Given a line-up that also includes excellent competitors like the Italian Brass Band, Hauts-deFrance Brass Band and Brass Band De Wâldsang it promises to be an exciting, high quality
championship section.

Band	Conductor	Country
3BA Concert Band	Erik Janssen	Germany
Brass Band De Wâldsang	Rieks van der Velde	Netherlands
Brass Band Oberösterreich	Günther Reisegger	Austria
Brass LT	Russell Gray	Lithuania
Brassband Willebroek	Frans Violet	Belgium
Concord Brass Band	Jesper Juul Windahl	Denmark
Festival Brass Band	Guy Audenaert	Belgium
Flowers Band	Paul Holland	England
Göta Brass Band	Ryan Watkins	Sweden
Hauts-de-France Brass Band	Luc Vertommen	France
Italian Brass Band	Giuseppe Saggio	Italy
Manger Musikklag	David King	Norway
Tredegar Town Band	Ian Porthouse	Wales
Valaisia Brass Band	Arsène Duc	Switzerland
Whitburn Band	Nicholas Childs	Scottland

Challenge Section

This year we find three bands in the Challenge section. Brass Band Wipptal from the Italian province of South Tyrol, and two newcomers to the contest; Brass Band Musicalis Algrange from France and for the very first time a band from Poland, Pacholski Polish Brass Band Malopolska Voivodeship.

Band	Conductor	Country
Brass Band Musicalis Algrange	Sebastien Berettoni	France
Brass Band Wipptal	Patrick Gruber	Italy
Pacholski Polish Brass Band Malopolska Voivodeship	Sławomir Pacholski	Poland

European Youth Brass Band Contest

Since it was established in 2014 in Perth, Scotland, the European Youth Brass Band Contest
is an established part of the European Brass Band Championships. This year’s edition will
have a total of 12 bands.

Defending champion in the Development Section, Ytrebygda Skolekorps (Norway), will be
joined by Smørås Skolemusikk (Norway) and they will compete against Brass Band Aukštyn
(Lithuania), Wardle Academy Youth Brass Band (England) and Junior Brass Band
Oberösterreich (Austria).

In the Premier section we find the defending champions Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband
(Norway) together with the champions from 2023, Catch Basin Brass Band (Austria).
These will be joined by Jugend Brass Band Oberösterreich (Austria), Liberty Brass Band
Junior (Switzerland), Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris (Wales), Youth Brass 2000 (England)
and The National Youth Brass Band of Denmark.

EYBBC – Premier Section

Band	Conductor	Country
Catch Basin Brass Band	Georg Pranger	Austira
Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband	Reid Gilje	Norway
Jugend Brass Band Oberösterreich	Thomas Beiganz	Austria
Liberty Brass Band Junior	Roman Ledergerber	Switzerland
Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris	Pete Cowlishaw	Wales
The National Youth Brass Band of Denmark	Stig Mærsk	Denmark
Youth Brass 2000	Chris Jeans	England

EYBBC – Development Section

Band	Conductor	Country
Brass Band Aukštyn	Remigijus Vilys and Piet Visser	Lithuania
Junior Brass Band Oberösterreich	Stefan Spieler	Austria
Smørås Skolemusikk	Torstein T. Holmås	Norway
Wardle Academy Youth Band	Bradley McCulloch	England
Ytrebygda skolekorps	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Norway