Premio Paolo Borciani
The International
Paolo Borciani’s brother. The competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions
since 1991.
Competition results
1987
- 1st Prize: not awarded
- 2nd Prize: [[Carmina String Quartet]], Switzerland
- 3rd Prize: not awarded
1990
- 1st Prize: Keller String Quartet, Hungary
- 2nd Prize: Lark String Quartet, United States
- 3rd Prize: ex-aequo Danubius String Quartet, Hungary and Subaru String Quartet, Japan
1994
- 1st Prize: not awarded
- 2nd Prize: Mandelring String Quartet, Germany
- 3rd Prize: not awarded
- Special Prize: Mandelring String Quartet, Germany (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Marco Stroppa)
1997
- 1st Prize: Artemis String Quartet, Germany
- 2nd Prize: not awarded
- 3rd Prize: ex-aequo Auer String Quartet, Hungary and Lotus String Quartet, Japan
- Special Prize: Lotus String Quartet, Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Luciano Berio)
2000
- 1st Prize: not awarded
- 2nd Prize: Excelsior String Quartet, Japan
- 3rd Prize: Casals String Quartet, Spain
- Special Prize: Excelsior String Quartet, Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Salvatore Sciarrino)
2002
- 1st Prize: Kuss String Quartet, Germany
- 2nd Prize: Pacifica Quartet, United States
- 3rd Prize: Auer Quartet, Hungary
- Special Prize: Ex-aequo Kuss Quartet and Pacifica Quartet (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Wolfgang Rihm)
2005
- 1st Prize: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic
- 2nd Prize: Tankstream Quartet, Australia
- 3rd Prize: Chiara String Quartet, United States
- 4th Prize: €4,000, offered by Mrs Irene Steels-Wilsing (Brussels) in memory of an unforgettable week Biava Quartet, United States
- Special Prize for the best performance of the quartet commissioned to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic
2008
- 1st Prize: Bennewitz String Quartet, Czech Republic
- 2nd Prize: Doric String Quartet,[1] Great Britain
- 3rd Prize: ex aequo Ardeo String Quartet, France and Signum String Quartet, Germany
- Special Prize Irene Steels-Wilsing: Amaryllis String Quartet, Germany/Switzerland
- Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to Giovanni Sollima: Quiroga String Quartet, Spain
2011
- 1st Prize: not awarded
- Finalist Prize: Amaryllis Quartet, Germany; Meccorre Quartet, Poland; Voce Quartet, France
- Audience Prize: Voce Quartet, France
- Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to Giya Kancheli: ex aequo Meccorre Quartet, Poland and Cavaleri Quartet, UK
2014
- 1st Prize: Kelemen Quartet, Hungary
- 2nd Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
- 3rd Prize: Varèse Quartet, France
- Audience Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
- Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Varèse Quartet, France
2017
- 1st Prize: not awarded
- 2nd Prize: Omer Quartet, United States
- 3rd Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
- Audience Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
- Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
Honorary Committee
- Martha Argerich
- Borodin String Quartet
- Radu Lupu
- Riccardo Muti
- Arvo Pärt
- Maurizio Pollini
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Salvatore Sciarrino
- Marco Stroppa
See also
- List of classical music competitions
- World Federation of International Music Competitions
- String quartet
External links
- Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia; Competition's venue and organizer.
Sources
- Premio Borciani (in Italian)
- DIE ZEIT, 26.06.2008 Nr. 27 (in German)