During last weekend’s Holland Brass Festival, Professor Philip Wilby was awarded with the 2008 Buma International Brass Award, the most prestigious brass prize in Europe.

Outstanding

According to the jury, Professor Wilby deserved the award for his ‘outstanding and remarkable contribution to the development of modern international brass music’.

According to the jury, Professor Wilby deserved the award for his ‘outstanding and remarkable contribution to the development of modern international brass music’4BR

Sell out

The ceremony took place in the yearly Brass Gala of the Year with the Black Dyke Band in The Lawei Concert Hall in Drachten, where Deputy Lord Mayor Fred Veenstra surprised the sell out audience and the unsuspecting composer.

Besides the international award, conductor, clinician and arranger Klaas van der Woude received this year’s Dutch Brass Award for his contribution to Dutch brass music.