Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece:	Alienus 2026
Adjudicators:	Margaret S. Antrobus , Edward Gregson , Philip Harper , Thomas Ludescher , Grethe Tonheim , Jan Van der Roost
Venue:	Brucknerhaus, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
	3BA Concert Brass	Erik Janssen
	Brass Band De Wâldsang	Rieks van der Velde
	Brass Band Oberösterreich	Günther Reisegger
	Brass Band Willebroek	Frans Violet
	Brass LT	Russell Gray
	Concord Brass Band	Jesper Juul Windahl
	Festival Brassband	Guy Audenaert
	Flowers	Paul Holland
	Göta Brass Band	Ryan Watkins
	Hauts-de-France Brass Band	Luc Vertommen
	Italian Brass Band	Giuseppe Saggio
	Manger Musikklag	David King
	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse
	Valaisia Brass Band	Arsène Duc
	Whitburn	Nicholas Childs

General

Event website: https://ebbc2026.at
Set Work placing takes precedence in event of a tie

Best Soloist:
The highest placed European band (outside the UK). will receive an invitation to the 2027 British Open.

Set Test

Contest (and draw): Fri 24 Apr 2026.
Adjudicators (closed box): Margaret Antrobus, Jan Van der Roost, Philip Harper

Own Choice

Contest (and draw): Sat 25 Apr 2026.
Adjudicators (closed box): Grethe Tonheim, Edward Gregson, Thomas Ludescher
Selections previously announced about two weeks prior to contest.

World Premiere:
EBBC Premieres: