YOUNG FORCE - Brass-aux-Saxes Wind Band

Fanfareorkest Brass-aux-Saxes invites 3 talented young soloists to its concert on Friday, December 18, 2026. Thibaut De Bondt (23, baritone) is the first professionally trained baritone player in Belgium. He studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Antwerp where he receives lessons from, among others, Kevin Van Giel and Lode Violet. He is solo baritone at Brassband Willebroek and as a soloist he won, among others, the European Soloist Competition in Malmö. Simon Binon (21, trumpet) started his musical education at the Academie van Tienen, where he studied cornet and trumpet. He then continued his studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen with Simon Van Hoecke and Bert Mees. He currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe with Professor Reinhold Friedrich and Markus Klein. In 2022 he became a laureate of the Young Belgian Talent competition and won the audience award during the final in Flagey. Ties Van Echelpoel (18, saxophone) is a young, promising saxophonist who at barely 16 years of age began his studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, alongside his education at Musart Hasselt. Since September 2026 he has been perfecting his skills at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lyon with Jean-Denis Michat. He has achieved several great results at national and international competitions, including the first laureate prize at the Internationale Wedstrijd for Jonge Saxofonisten in Dinant and the audience award at the Young Belgian Talent competition in 2025. You can hear these three exceptional talents at work under the accompaniment of Fanfareorkest Brass-aux-Saxes under the direction of Jan Van Hove.