Fanfare!

Soloists: Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet - Senne La Mela, trumpet
Conductor: Ivan Meylemans

Fanfare orchestra Kempenbloei from Achel is a dynamic orchestra of about 75 musicians. In its more than 160-year history, the brass band has always been a musical pioneer. Over the past 25 years in particular, Kempenbloei has developed into one of the world's leading brass bands, both through its high-quality concerts and its successes at competitions.
Participations in the 4-yearly World Music Contest are the highlights of the past era and resulted in a unique series of results: first place in the first division in 2001, second place in the concert division in 2005 and 4 consecutive world titles in the concert division: 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2022.
The orchestra recorded 7 studio CDs, both in-house and commissioned by various hafabra music publishers. The brass band also collaborated on recordings of several international soloists. Furthermore, the orchestra made several live recordings in cooperation with Radio Klara.
The brass band gave prestigious concerts in well-known concert halls such as ‘De Vooruit’ in Ghent, ‘Het Concertgebouw’ in Bruges, the ‘Bozar’ in Brussels, ‘Het Auditorium’ of the conservatory in Luxembourg, ‘Schouwburg Concertzaal’ in Tilburg and the ‘Teatro de la Zarzuela’ in Madrid. The latter concert was organised to mark the handover of the European Union presidency from Spain to Belgium.
Moreover, in recent years Kempenbloei has commissioned dozens of compositions and arrangements from various international composers.