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Banff International String Quartet Competition 2019 winners announced!
In an unprecedented decision, the jury of the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition awarded 2 quartets with the first prize this year: awardees are the Marmen Quartet from London together with the Viano String Quartet from Canada/USA.
The concerts of the winner's Europe tour will be split between the two and before long the schedule listing which quartet will play which concerts will be determined.
Created in 1983, the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) has since become recognized as one of the world’s leading international music competitions. Within a period of six days ten ensembles present themselves in front of a highly specialized jury and an enthusiastic audience. Being awarded a first prize in Banff is often the starting point for a flourishing carreer of a young string quartet.
Opus Klassik 2019 for the Signum Quartett
The Signum Quartett has won an Opus Klassik 2019 in the cathegory Best Chamber Music Recording String Quartet for its Schubert-CD Aus der Ferne (From Afar) on the lable Pentatone.
The quartet presents on this CD a combination of string quartets with lieder arranged for string quartet by violist Xandi van Dijk and hence shows how Schubert's instrumental and vocal music cross-pollinate each other.
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Next events
Cédric Pescia 29.02.20 Magdeburg 15.03.20 Rottenburg with Nurit Stark 10.06.20 Vienna 13.06.20 Lille with Philippe Cassard 17.06.20 London with Philippe Cassard 11.08.20 Festival du Comminges / Valcabrère with Philippe Cassard 12.08.20 Festival du Périgord with Philippe Cassard Signum Quartett 06.03.20 Vienna with Salome Kammer 18.03.20 Amsterdam with Nils Mönkemeyer 19.03.20 Maastricht with Bram van Sambeek 20.03.20 Ede 22.03.20 Enschede with Bram van Sambeek 23.03.20 Roermond with Bram van Sambeek 24.03.20 Den Haag with Bram van Sambeek 05.06.20 Hamburg-Harburg 10.06.20 Cologne 27.06.20 Wurzburg 28.06. – 05.07.20 Bantry 09.07.20 Rottweil 01.-05.08.20 Korsholm Festival Monica Brentano String Quartet 13.03.20 Munich 14.03.20 Bad Tölz 16.03.20 Bern 17.03.20 Prague 19.03.20 Innsbruck 21.03.20 London 22.03.20 Norvich 23.03.20 London 07.05.20 Pullach 09.05.20 Eindhoven 11.05.20 Utrecht 12.05.20 Gent 14.05.20 Lucerne 15.05.20 Dresden The Nash Ensemble of London 12.03.20 Fulda 14.03.20 Lindau 15.03.20 Boswil 17.03.20 Liestal 18.03.20 La Chaux de Fonds Busch Trio 15.03.20 Stadthagen 21.03.20 Heidelberg 06.04.20 Bonn 23.05.20 Waldshut-Tingen 24.05.20 Stuttgart 28.05.20 Frankfurt Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra 15.03.20 Dortmund 13.05.20 Stuttgart 14.06.20 Gubin 05.07.20 Weilburg Azahar Ensemble 18.03.20 Frankfurt with Tim Vogler 19.03.20 Bad Vilbel 04.04.20 Hamburg Reinhold Friedrich 27.03.-05.04.20 Korea with Florian Riem 08.05.20 Jena 31.05.20 Hamburg 01.06.20 Hamburg 10.06.20 Halle 20.06.20 Steinfurt 21.06.20 Kaufungen 11.07.20 Grafenegg Daniel Ottensamer 13.04.20 Munich with Munich Symphonics 17.05.20 Essen with Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig 21.05.20 Dresden 29. Aug. 20 Steinfurt with Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig 16.04.20 Hamburg-Harburg with Ragna Schirmer 17.05.20 Essen with Daniel Ottensamer 29. Aug. 20 Steinfurt with Daniel Ottensamer Marmen Quartet 30.04.20 Göttingen 14.06.20 Zurich 17h 17.06.20 Nakenstorf 19.06.20 Maulbronn 11h 21.06.20 Wurzburg La Venexiana 21.05.20 Landshut 03.07.20 St Gallen Rolston String Quartet 28.06.20 Kassel 29.06.20 Berlin 03.-05.07.20 Ernen (CH) Salaputia Brass 13.06.20 Stuttgart 20.06.20 Magdeburg 09.08.20 Bad Liebenstein Jena Philharmonics 18.07.20 Toblach Hélène Schmitt & Ensemble Luceram 29./30.07.20 Valoire -
New CDs
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski, Daniel Gaede
L.v. Beethoven: Violin concert op. 61, double CD with string trio op. 3 (Daniel, Thomas and Sebastian Gaede) (Tacet)
Ori Epstein & Omri Epstein
"Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano & Cello": 2 CDs (LINN | outhere)
Rolston Sting Quartet
"Souvenirs: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky": the string quartets op. 11 und op. 39 (arr.) as well as the string sextet op. 70 with Miguel da Silva and Gary Hoffman (outhere)
Regula Mühlemann, Tatiana Korsunskaya, Daniel Ottensamer & Konstantin Timokhine
"Songs from home - Lieder der Heimat": songs by Schubert, Baumgartner, Flury, Liszt and others (sony classical)
Dover Quartet
"The Schumann Quartets": the three sting quartets op. 41 by Robert Schumann (Azica)
Concerto Italiano | Rinaldo Alessandrini
"Bach - Ouvertures for Orchestra": Complete recording of theouvertures for orchestra by Johann Sebastian, Johann Bernhard and Johann Ludwig Bach (naïve)
Busch Trio
Fourth and final CD of Dvorak's complete chamber music for piano and strings, featuring the piano trios op. 21 and op. 26 (alpha | outhere)
Nuria Rial, Dima Orsho & Musica Alta Ripa
"Mother": Baroque Arias and Arabic Songs (Sony Music - DHM)
Bob van Asperen
"A Playlist for Rembrandt": Music from the Netherlands from Rembrandt's time (Aeolus)
Daniel Ottensamer
"La vie en rose": J. Francaix, C. Debussy, D. Milhaud, C. Saint-Saens, with Stephan Koncz (conduct and violoncello) and the Munich Symphony Orchestra (Sony classical)
Concerto Italiano | Rinaldo Alessandrini
"Un Viaggio a Roma": G.F. Händel, A. Scarlatti, A. Corelli et al. - Music from the early 18th century (naïve)
Cédric Pescia
"The Well-Tempered Clavier (complete)": J.S. Bach (la dolce volta)
Azahar Ensemble
"Turina x Turina": Works by Joaquin Turina and Jose Luis Turina (Profil Edition Günter Hänssler)
Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipizig
"Cosmopolitan Mendelssohn": Works by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Volkmann, Donizetti, Gade (Klanglogo)
Among our artists you will find chamber music, inlcuding duos, trios, string quartets, wind quintets, brass ensembles, mixed ensembles, as well as orchestras, Early music ensembles, soloists, trumpet, strings, piano and harpsichord), conductor. Artists are Duo Friedrich, Duo Stark, Busch Trio, Trio Stark, Brentano String Quartet, Dover Quartet, Juilliard String Quartet, Marmen Quartet, Rolston String Quartet, Signum Quartet, Viano String Quartet, Winner of the International String Quartet Competition in Banff, Azahar Ensemble, WorldBrass, Salaputia Brass, The Nash Ensemble of London, Jena Philharmonic, Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini, La Venexiana, Nuria Rial & Cornets Noirs, Bob van Asperen, Hélène Schmitt/ Ensemble Luceram, Reinhold Friedrich, Peter Bruns, Tedi Papavrami, Cédric Pescia and Rinaldo Alessandrini.