Bernese students shine in Finland
HKB students took all three first places at the 3rd Lieksa Euphonium Competition in Finland.
The competition was won by Ayaka Sato from Japan, with Portugal's Alfedo Leitaō in second place. In third place was the Italian Tobias Reifer. The prizes are endowed with 6000, 3000 and 2000 euros.
The Lieksa Brass Week, during which the competition took place, was founded in 1980 by music consultant Erkki Eskelinen. The instruments taught are trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba and euphonium. In 2019, the competition will be held for trombone.
