The Arcadia Quartet, winners of the 2012 Competition, with John Gilhooly, Director of the Wigmore Hall.~ photo Ben Ealovega |
The competition, which takes place from 24 to 29 March 2015, is at the centre of a week long celebration of the string quartet at the Wigmore Hall with performances from the quartets in the competition and former prize-winners such as the Tesla, Danish, Arcadia, Meccorre, Atrium and Dover Quartets.
For the first time, the Wigmore Hall has commissioned a set work; during the preliminary rounds each quartet will perform Mark Anthony Turnage's Contusion which was premiered on 6 December at the Wigmore Hall by former prize-winners the Belcea Quartet.
The winning quartet receives £10,000 prize money, a UK concert tour and a tour of Germany, residencies at the Banff Centre, Canada and Avaloch Farm Music Institute, a place at the McGill String Quartet Academy, plus recital appearances at the Morrison Artists Series in San Francisco and at the Royal Greenwich String Quartet Festival 2015.
Further information from the Wigmore Hall website.
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