EBU Members have selected four ensembles to compete at this year's Euroradio Jazz Competition (EJC) finals. The finalists will perform during a half-hour set open to the public on 6 July at Amsterdam’s stunning Bimhuis.

The EJC is organized in partnership with Dutch Public Radio/NPO Soul & Jazz and the Dutch EJC Foundation. The competition showcases young jazz artists through EBU's Member broadcasters.

A grand prize of EUR 3,000 will be awarded to the winners by a select Grand Jury.

Audio recordings of the semifinals and finals will be made available to EBU Members on the MUS platform for unlimited broadcast until 1 August 2017. The Euroradio offer of the semifinals is already available under reference JM/16/05/02/01-11.

2016 finalists

This year's finalists are:

• Kristina Barta Trio (CR, Czech Republic)
• Súp (RTÉ, Ireland)
• Félix Rossy & Marco Mezquida Duo (ESCAT, Spain)
• Sisters of Invention (SR, Sweden)

Detailed biographies of the artists can be found in this PDF.

The selection was made by a jury of EBU Member representatives. They included:

• Wijnand Honig (NPO Soul&Jazz / NTR, Netherlands)
• Jelena Balent (HRT, Croatia)
• Václav Vraný  (CR, Czech Republic)
• Hugo Šekoranja (RTVS, Slovenia)
• Janne Lindvall (SR, Sweden)