The Big Band And The Vocals have had its final of their large European Composers Competition with a Theme: Music to the rhymes of famous Danish poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen on 20 of June 2016. After receiving two dozen of pieces for this year competition, the finalists were:

ZORAN ŠĆEKIĆ, Croatia – composer & arranger, with a composition: Sphinx Avenue

TOMAS HAINES, UK – composer &musician, with a composition: Strange Utopia

MICHELE CORCELLA, Italy – composer & arranger, with a composition: More and More Nameless

ALEXANDER HAGEL THORN, Denmark – saxophone player, composer & arranger, with a composition: Navnløs.

During the concert, all four pieces were performed under the conductor Mads Pagsberg, and this year winning composition is Zoran Šćekić’s Sphinx Avenue. 

Video of the winning piece performance is @  https://www.facebook.com/TheBigBandAndTheVocals/videos/1115361978583930