IBE World Music Competition 2026 Grand Prix Concert

For the first time in the history of Japanese brass bands. The world's best bands gathered in the Netherlands.
- A challenge over 5 years. With passion, with our hearts, with our thoughts. -With passion.

Immortal Brass Eternally, after 18 years since its formation and two overseas contests, is finally going to challenge the competition that decides the world's best. The World Music Competition (WMC) is held once every four years.

The famous bands we have always admired for their fascination with English brass bands are now our rivals. This challenge is an irreplaceable time in our musical lives.

This concert is for brass band fans, music lovers, IBE fans, and all those who are involved with us, to present our fullest performance one month before our overseas tour. Please come and feel our music, our enthusiasm, and our brilliance.
We hope that the sound of our music and the way we are doing our best to achieve our goals will give you strength for the future. We are sincerely looking forward to seeing you at the concert!

What is the World Music Contest?
The World Music Contest is one of the world's largest music festivals, held once every four years in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. It is also called the "Olympics of Music" because of the scale of the event, which attracts approximately 20,000 performers and 300,000 spectators from all over the world.

We will be competing in the "Concert Division," the highest level of the brass band division, which has been held since 1951. Only the world's top 12 groups that have passed a rigorous selection process will participate, including the world's No. 1 ranked "Trades Etoiles (Switzerland)".

After five years of postponement in 2021 and abandonment in 2022, we will finally make history in July 2026, when we will represent Japan at the top of the world.