COMPETITIONS

1. Lyris Quartet

2. Elizabeth Wallfisch

4. David Garrett

LYRIS QUARTET PHOTO NIKOLAJ LUND. WALLFISCH PHOTO BENJAMIN EALOVEGA. GARRETT PHOTO SHAI SKIFF

1. The Balourdet, Lydian, Lyris and Parker string quartets, all based in the US, are among the twelve recipients of Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning grants. A total fund of $209,900 was divided between the twelve groups. The programme supports US composers by funding ensembles to commission and perform contemporary music. Each grant recipient will commission a new work in the near future.

2. Australian Baroque violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch has won the 2021 Georg Philipp Telemann Award. The prize includes a bronze plaque, a certificate and a €2,500 grant. Wallfisch performed with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at the 17 September ceremony in Telemann’s home town of Magdeburg. The awarding committee praised her for ‘bringing out the compositional breadth and varied structures’ of the composer’s works.

3. US–German violinist Augustin Hadelich and Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández have received the Opus Klassik instrumentalist and young artist prizes respectively. Hadelich was nominated for his recent release of Bohemian Tales and Ferrández for his album Reflections. The award ceremony takes place on 10 October at the Berlin Konzerthaus. The prize celebrates the achievements ofclassical musicians in Germany.

4. German violinist David Garrett has been named one of the recipients of the 2021 European Culture Prize. The award was created in 2011 by the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa and celebrates the successes of individuals who unite the arts, education and business in Europe. The award ceremony took place on 28 August in Bonn, Germany.

FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

Banff International String Quartet Competition in Banff, Canada, for string quartets with members aged 35 or under. First prize CA$25,000 (£14,500) Deadline 1 March 2022; competition 29 August– 4 September 2022 Web bit.ly/3COi8Vk

Lyon International Chamber Music Competition in Lyon, France, for cello and piano duos aged under 32. First prize €10,000 Deadline 1 December 2021; competition 19–24 April 2022 Web www.cimcl.fr

Johansen International Competition for Young String Players in Washington DC, US, for violinists, violists and cellists aged 13–17. First prize $10,000 Deadline 1 December 2021; competition 21– 24 March 2022 Web bit.ly/3kFl7Hh

LYRIS QUARTET PHOTO NIKOLAJ LUND . WALLFI

APPOINTMENTS

US violinist Zachary DePue has been named concertmaster of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra in IN, US

Emerson Quartet violinist Philip Setzer and Cleveland Orchestra members Jessica Lee and Nathaniel Silberschlag are to join the Cleveland Institute of Music faculty

Irish cellist Sinéad O’Halloran has joined the Marmen Quartet, succeeding Steffan Morris

British violist Rosalind Ventris has been named director of performance and performance studies at Oxford University

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