- Eikanger-Bjørsvik
The Eikanger-Bjørsvik band of
Norway (also known as the Eikanger band) is a brass and percussion ensemble located in the county ofLindås , Norway. They are probably the best known brass band in Norway and have won the National brass band championships nine times (1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2005). In 1988 they became the first non-British band to win the European championships for brass band, an achievement they repeated in 1989. The Eikanger-Bjørsvik band have worked with conductors likeElgar Howarth ,Howard Snell ,Ingar Bergby ,Bjarte Engeset andNicholas Childs .The name is constructed from the names of two small villages along the
Oster fjord ,Eikanger andBjørsvik , which both had their own community bands. Eikanger, being the oldest, was founded in 1949, Bjørsvik in 1952. In 1971, the bands merged and became a British-stylebrass band .External links
* [http://www.ebml.no/ Home page]
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