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International flavour at Cologne

There is a smell of a rosy future for Cologne Concert Brass in Germany — with an international line up of players in the ranks.

Cologne
 

Cologne Concert Brass, a British-style brass band and winner of the 1st German Brass Band Championships this year, are proving to be a band with a rosy future.

World players

Not only are they now promoting their own brass band concerts, but they are welcoming new players from all over the world to come and play with the band.

Not only are they now promoting their own brass band concerts, but they are welcoming new players from all over the world to come and play with the band4BR

Welcome

They recently welcomed, Emanuelli de Freitas (Brazil), Yao Chen (China), Linnéa Johansson (Sweden), Celine Schwarz (France/Germany), as well as Timo Becker and Tobias Fehse (Germany), all with a musical and academic backgrounds.

Englishman abroad

Other newcomers include: Jannes Drost-Tenfelde from Soli Brass (Netherlands), Kuihiko Wakatsuki from Tokyo Concert Brass (Japan) until January and Silvio Flori from Imperial Lenzburg (Switzerland).

Also back is Englishman abroad Greg Hollis, who returns on solo horn.

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