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Results: 2023 Swiss National Championships

Brass Band Treize Etoiles retains the Swiss National title in Luzerne.

Swiss National
  Brass Band Treize Etoiles

Results:

Excellence Division:

Set Work: Hypercube (Oliver Waespi)
Adjudicators (Set Work): Simon Dobson; Dr Robert Childs; Phillip Harper
Adjudicators (Own Choice): David Morton; Jonathan Bates; Katrina Marzella Wheeler
Set Work + Own Choice = Total

1. Brass Band Treize Etoiles (Frederic Theodoloz): 2/3 = 5
2. Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern (Michael Bach): 1/5 = 6*
3. Valaisia Brass Band (Arsene Duc): 4/2 = 6
4. Liberty Brass Band (Stefan Roth): 7/1 = 8
5. Brass Band Fribourg A (Florent Didier): 3/6 = 9
6. Brass Band Berner Oberland (Veronique Gyger): 5/7 = 12*
7. Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan (Francois Roh): 8/4 = 12
8. Ensemble de Cuivres Melodia A (Vincent Baroni): 6/8 = 14
9. Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien A (Ueli Kipfer): 9/10 = 19*
10. Oberaargauer Brass Band OBB (Russell Gray): 10/9 = 19

*Placing on Set Work takes precedence

Best Soloist on Set Work: Euphonium (Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern)
Best Soloist on Own Choice: Cornet (Brass Band Treize Etoiles)

Elite Division:

Set Work: Blue Horizons (Bertrand Moren)
Adjudicators: David Morton; Jonathan Bates; Katrina Marzella Wheeler

1. Ensemble de cuivres Euphonia (Michael Bach): 98
2. BML Talents (Patrick Ottiger): 97
3. Brass Band Kirchenmusik Fluhli (Armin Renggli): 94
4. Brass Band Rickenbach (Florian Lang): 93
5. Graubunden Brass (Gian Stecher): 92
6. Brass Band Harmonie Neuenkirch (Manuel Imhof): 90
7. Brass Band Eglisau (Andreas Buri): 89
8. Brass Band Emmental (Jan Muller): 88
9. Regional Brass Band Bern (Manuel Renggli): 87*
10. Universal Brass Band Wil (Gian Stecher): 86*

Best Soloist: Bass trombone (Brass Band Harmonie Neuenkirch)
* Relegated to First Division

First Division:

Set Work: Sinfonietta No.3 (Etienne Crausaz)
Adjudicators: Simon Dobson; Dr Robert Childs; Phillip Harper

1. Brass Band Treize Etoiles B (Lionel Fumeaux): 96
2. Brass Band Cazis (Robin Bartholini): 94*
3. AEW Concert Brass Fricktal (Florentin Setz): 93
4. Ensemble de Cuivres AMBITUS (Damien Lagger): 92
5. Brass Band Lotschental (Yvan Lagger): 91
6. Brass Band MG Reiden (Roland Froscher): 89
7. Brass Band Thurgau (Daniel Gubler): 88
8. mgrr Brass Band (Roman Caprez): 87
9. Fanfare Paroissiale d'Ursy (Cyril Perrenoud): 85
10. Brass Band RosAlp (David Bonvin): 84
11. Brass Band Imperial Lenzburg A (Philipp Werlen): 83
12. Brass Band Konkordia Busserach (Christoph Bangerter): 82
13. Brass Band Schotz (Ueli Wigger): 81
14. Brass Band Fribourg B (Aurelien Darbellay): 80

Best Soloist: Euphonium (Brass Band Lotschental)
* Promotion to Elite Division

Second Division:

Set Work: Sinfonietta No. 1 (Marc Jeanbourquin)
Adjudicators: Dominique Morel; Mario Burki; Blaise Heretier

1. Brass Band Feldmusik Escholzmatt (Zeno Schmidiger): 98
2. Constellation Brass Band B (Olivier Vergeres): 97
3. Musik Frohsinn Oberburg (Jan Muller): 96
4. Brass Band Abinchova (Gian Walker): 95
5. MG Konkordia Aedermannsdorf (Simon Gertschen): 93
6. Brass Band Imperial Lenzburg B (Reto Naf): 92
7. Brass Band Berner Oberland Junior (Joram Bots): 91
8. Liberty Junior (Stefan Roth): 90
9. Ensemble de Cuivres Melodia B (Joelle Gaillard): 89
10. Musikverein Kunten (Stefan Marki): 87
11. Societe de musique Brass Band de Lignieres (Cyril Perrenoud): 86
12= Brass Band Harmonie Rickenbach (Luca Frischknecht): 85
12= Brass Band Junior Valaisan (Fabien Beney): 85
14. Brass Band Rapperswil-Wierezwil (Jonas Danuser): 84
15. Brass Band Zurich (Werner Kubli): 83
16= Brass Band Matzendorf (Cyrill Schaub): 82
16= Oberwalliser Brass Band (Tobias Salzgeber): 82

Third Division:

Set Work: Focus (Fritz Voegelin)
Adjudicators: Dominique Morel; Mario Burki; Blaise Heretier

1. Musikgesellschaft Muhlau (Peter Stadlemann): 94
2. MG Brass Band Lengnau (Markus Hauenstein): 92
3. Brass Band Nordwestschweiz (Reto Naf): 91
4. MG Richenthal-Langnau (Fabian Brudermann): 90
5. 360° Brass (Roman Schnelli): 89
6. Brass Band Gurbetal (Joram Bots): 88
7. Musikgesellschaft Jenaz (Tristan Uth): 86
8. Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien B (Boris Oppliger): 85
9. Thunerseebrass (Christoph Hertig): 84
10. Brass Band Franches-Montagnes (Frederic Praz): 83

Best Percussion Section: Musikgesellschaft Muhlau

Fourth Division:

Set Work: Resilience (Adrian Perera)
Adjudicators: Simon Dobson; Dr Robert Childs; Phillip Harper

1. Jugend Brass Band Oberer Sempachersee (Mattia Klau): 97
2. Jugend Brass Band Michelsamt (Joel Spitaleri): 95
3. HinterlAnder Jugend Brass Band (Luca Frischknecht): 94
4. Entlebucher Jugend Brass Band (Patrick Notter): 93

Best Soloist: Eb tuba (Jugend Brass Band Michelsamt)

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