On August 28, ten of the world’s finest emerging string quartets will arrive in Banff, Canada for the 9th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC). Today, The Banff Centre announced the ten quartets chosen to participate in the 2007 competition, an international roster of accomplished young musicians. The quartets are:
- Afiara String Quartet (Canada)
- Ariel Quartet (Israel/U.S.)
- Attaca Quartet (U.S.)
- Koryo String Quartet (U.S.)
- Rubens Quartet (The Netherlands)
- Rusquartet (Russia)
- Talisker Quartet (Denmark)
- TinAlley String Quartet (Australia)
- Tokai String Quartet (Canada)
- Zemlinsky Quartet (Czech Republic)
The competitors were chosen by a distinguished preliminary jury including Christopher Costanza of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Daniel Phillips of the Orion String Quartet, and Heime Müller of the Artemis String Quartet. The jury members worked independently during this stage of the competition, reviewing unidentified recordings of recent unedited performances.
“I simply cannot wait for August 28th. The quality of applicants for the 9th BISQC was extraordinary. The invited quartets represent the best of the new generation and it will be thrilling to hear them all live at The Banff Centre,” says Barry Shiffman, director of BISQC.
