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Top 20 European soloist contenders announced

The 20 brass and percussion performers who will battle it out for the 2018 European Solo Competition title have been announced.

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  The 20 players who will challenge for the title have been announced.

20 brass and percussion performers have been selected for the final stages of the European Soloist Competition to be held in Utrecht later this year

Over 40 entrants were whittled down with these 20 players now going on to perform against each other in a further two rounds of competition.

Grand final

Three players will eventually be selected for the final to be held in Utrecht on May 3rd.

Half the field if made up of six euphonium and four cornet performers, but there are a trio of tubas as well as two marimba players and tenor horns plus tenor, bass trombone and baritone.

Six performers come from Switzerland, three from Belgium and the home nation of the Netherlands as well as representatives from Germany Italy, France Austria, Wales and Norway.

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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