On 6 January 2023, international euphonium virtuoso Steven Mead will play as guest soloist at Casino 2000 with the Harmonie Municipale of Mondorf-les-Bains, conducted by Olivier Gravier.

The programme will include Shostakovich's Festive Overture; Gypsy Airs by Pablo de Sarasate; Mascagni's Intermezzo Sinfonico; Concerto for Cello and Winds (part 2 &1), by Friedrich Gulda; Somewhere over the Rainbow, by Arlen & Harburg; Hobbits from the Lord of the Rings, by Johan de Meij; Brillante Fantasy on “Rule Britannia”, by Peter Graham (a Duet of Steven Mead with. Thomas Cremmer); Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me; and Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.

Steven Mead is one of the world’s leading and most recorded brass soloists, with over 80 CDs to his credit. In addition to his intense worldwide concert activity, he is Professor of Euphonium at the Royal Northern College of Music of Manchester, UK.

He has played with many of the world’s finest wind and brass bands and orchestras, and solo concerti with symphony orchestras in Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and in the USA.

Steven is the most influential "ambassador" and virtuoso of the euphonium, the “beautiful sound” (this is its meaning, from the Greek ‘euphonos’), unmistakable for its dark, warm and enveloping sound. He is an artist, designer and clinician with brass instruments manufacturer Besson, owned by Buffet Crampon. As an innovator for the whole low brass world, Steven has been the Artistic Director of the six National Tuba Euphonium Conferences held in the UK and currently is Artistic Director of the International Wind Ensemble Festival of Jeju, South Korea.

Steven’s innovation is also evident with his premiere performances of new concerti and major works by Philip Sparke, Martin Ellerby, Torstein Aagaard Nilsen, Tadeusz Kassatti, John Reeman, Derek Bourgeois, Vladimir Cosma, Thomas Dos, Howard Snell to name but a few.

In recent years, he has also been increasingly sought after as an adjudicator and conductor. He was recently awarded the Mortimer Medal for his lifelong services to brass music education