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Selections for compilation CD announced
December 1, 2004 — The Banff International String Quartet Competition artistic committee has announced the selections for the 8th BISQC Compilation CD. Each of the ten quartets who participated in the 2004 BISQC are represented on this two-CD set with live recordings from their competition performances. Included are liner notes written by John Largess, violist of the Miró quartet and guest lecturer at the 2004 competition.
Winners announced
September 6, 2004 — This evening, the Jupiter String Quartet from Boston was awarded First Prize in the RBC Awards during the 2004 Banff International String Quartet Competition at The Banff Centre. Following six days of juried concerts focused on classical, romantic, and 20th/21st century repertoire, the winner was chosen from a group of ten of the world’s most accomplished young string quartets.
The First Prize package of the RBC Awards includes a prize of $20,000 (CND), a Canadian recital tour arranged by The Banff Centre, a quartet of custom bows by renowned bow maker Michael Vann, and the offer of a Banff Centre residency, including the production of a promotional CD.
The evening’s other RBC Award winners include:
Second Prize ($12,000) — Ensō Quartet, Houston, Texas
Third Prize ($8,000) — Royal String Quartet, Warsaw, Poland
Fourth Prize ($5,000) — Fry Street Quartet, Logan, Utah
Székely Prize ($3,000 awarded for the best performance of a Beethoven quartet from rounds one and two of the competition) — Jupiter String Quartet
Pièce de concert Prize ($2,000 awarded for the best performance of the Pièce de concert — Stewart Grant’s String Quartet No. 2, Banff Variations commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) — Ensō Quartet
The Melba and Orville Rollefson Memorial Prize is an award of $10,000, generously donated by one of BISQC’s returning audience members, divided between the six quartets not placing in the finals.
Participants selected
May 5, 2004 — The Banff Centre announced the ten quartets chosen to participate in the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition, August 31 — September 5, 2004. Read the news release or quartet profiles.
Summer newsletter available
November, 2003 — The BISQC 2003 Summer Newsletter is available as a PDF file (1 MB).Contents include the announcement of the competition jury members, news from the Miró Quartet (winners of the 1998 competition), and a report on the tour of the 2001 winners, the Daedalus Quartet.
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