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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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66 articles

Narbonne 1986 Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Narbonne 1986

1st International Brass Quintet Competition

In 1986, Narbonne became a meeting place for the brass world, where an ambitious international competition brought emerging quintets alongside established masters.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition Brass Ensemble
Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest

1st prize at the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition 1986

Founded by Budapest music students in 1981, the Anonymous Brass Quintet emerged as a distinctive Hungarian ensemble, combining individual artistry with remarkable unity.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Brass Ensemble
Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Markneukirchen 1986

International Brass Competitions

In 1986, young brass players from East and West met in Markneukirchen, where exceptional talent, demanding juries and musical traditions crossed political borders.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez, Roland Schnorhk

Competition Report
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Michael Thompson, Off-the-cuff commentary

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Porcia 2001

12th International “Citta’ di Porcia” competition - Horn

By Javier Bonet Manrique

Competition
No. 71 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Narbonne 1990

3rd International Competition for Brass Quintets

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Minsk 1988 - The grand national competition

Special USSR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 124 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Prestige des Cuivres 2003 - Guebwiller - International Philip Jones Competition - Tuba, Euphonium, Brass Ensembles

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
Editorial Free
No. 36 • 1981 Digitized

Editorial

International Competitions - Time, a perishable commodity...

From competition juries to the accelerating pace of modern life, Jean-Pierre Mathez questions the judgments and pressures shaping musicians and their careers

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Society Ideas Sociology
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

CIEM Geneva 1991

Geneva opens the door to the Tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Passau - 3rd international competition for brass ensembles

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Not much new in Munich

By Thomas Horch

Competition
No. 59 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller 1995

First World Trumpet Competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Brno - Tuba Competition 2000

By Katerina Baranova

Competition
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Amboise, France, 3rd National Brass Band Competition

By Benny Sluchin

Competition Band
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Geneva Competition 1991

Triumph of the tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

ARD Munich 1999

Horn Competition

By Brass Bulletin

Competition
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Porcia 1995

6th international competition for young concert hornists

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
Barcs 1984 Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Special Hungary

Barcs 1984

First International Brass Ensemble Competition

A small Hungarian town became a testing ground for brass chamber music, where young ensembles showed how quickly the discipline was coming of age.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Report Brass Ensemble
No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller 2001 - Philip Jones International Competition - horn and brass ensembles

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Stockholm Chamber Brass

1st Prize, Narbonne 1988

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters Competition
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

2nd International "Maurice André" Trumpet Competition (1988)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Narbonne 1998

7th annual international brass quintet competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
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