COMPETITIONS

2 Barbican Quartet

3 Benjamin Kruithof

4 Trio Pantoum

BARBICAN QUARTET PHOTO ANDREJ GRILC. KRUITHOF PHOTO KAUPO KIKKAS. TRIO PANTOUM PHOTO COURTESY ALEXIA & FERDINAND

1 The Isidore Quartet won first prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. It comes with CA$25,000 (£16,500) and a career development programme. The quartet comprises violinist Phoenix Avalon, 21, and Adrian Steele, 22, violist Devin Moore, 23, and cellist Joshua McClendon, 22. The Opus13 quartet received the £8,000 second prize while the Balourdet Quartet won third prize and £5,200.

2 The London-based Barbican Quartet has won the €24,000 first prize in the ARD International Competition string quartet discipline. The quartet also took home the €1,000 prize for the best performance of the commissioned piece. It comprises violinist Amarins Wierdsma, 31, and Kate Maloney, 32, violist Christoph Slenczka, 30, and cellist Yoanna Prodanova, 30. The Integra Quartet, from Japan, won the €18,000 second prize, while the Chaos Quartet took the third prize, worth €12,000.

3 Luxembourg cellist Benjamin Kruithof, 23, has won first prize and €15,000 at the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, Romania. The prize also comes with concert opportunities. Moldavian–Romanian cellist Constantin Borodin, 28, came in at second place, winning €10,000, while Germany’s Constantin Siepermann, 23, won third prize, worth €5,000.

4 French ensemble Trio Pantoum won first prize and €9,000 at the Trio di Trieste competition. The ensemble also received the Anna Maria and Giorgio Ribotta special prize, worth €5,000. The trio comprises pianist Virgile Roche, 24, violinist Hugo Meder, 26, and cellist Bo-Geun Park, 24. Second prize and €5,000 went to the Orelon Trio, and piano–cello duo the Oka-Quennesson Duo won third prize and €3,000.

FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen in Markneukirchen, Germany, for cellists aged 30 or under, and double bassists aged 32 or under. First prize €7,000 Deadline 10 January (cello) and 31 January (double bass) 2023; competition 4–13 May 2023

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Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Auckland, New Zealand, for violinists aged 18–25. First prize NZ$40,000 Deadline 1 December; competition 2–10 June 2023 Web michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz

Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, for string quartets of ages 35 or under. Deadline 22 November; competition 12–16 April 2023.Web carlnielseninternational.dk

APPOINTMENTS

• US cellist Mariel Roberts has joined the Argus Quartet, succeeding Audrey Chen

• The Harlem Quartet has been named the Kaufman Music Center’s artists-in-residence for the 2022–23 season

• New York’s Juilliard School has named the Ivalas Quartet as its 2022 resident graduate string quartet

• Italian–Venezuelan violinist Giovanni Guzzo has been announced as professor of violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria

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