First Prize Winners
Dan McDonough, Meg Freivogel, Liz Freivogel, Nelson Lee
Credit: Donald Lee

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Jim Hamilton, Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking, RBC Royal Bank; Royal String Quartet members Michal Pepol, Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Elwira Przybylowska, Marek Czech; Mary E. Hofstetter, President and CEO, The Banff Centre;
Credit: Donald Lee

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Meg Freivogel, Nelson Lee, Liz Freivogel, Dan McDonough
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The Jupiter String Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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Second Prize Winners
Richard Belcher, Maureen Nelson, Tereza Stanislav, Robert Brophy
Credit: Donald Lee

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Jim Hamilton, Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking, RBC Royal Bank; Ensō String Quartet members Richard Belcher, Maureen Nelson, Tereza Stanislav, Robert Brophy; Mary E. Hofstetter, President and CEO, The Banff Centre
Credit: Donald Lee

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Richard Belcher, Maureen Nelson, Tereza Stanislav, Robert Brophy

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The Ensō Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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Third Prize Winners
Michal Pepol, Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Elwira Przybylowska, Marek Czech
Credit: Donald Lee

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Jim Hamilton, Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking, RBC Royal Bank; Royal String Quartet members Michal Pepol, Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Elwira Przybylowska, Marek Czech; Mary E. Hofstetter, President and CEO, The Banff Centre;
Credit: Donald Lee

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Marek Czech, Elwira Przybylowska, Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Michal Pepol

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Marek Czech, Elwira Przybylowska, Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Michal Pepol

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Anne Francis, Jessica Guideri, Rebecca McFaul, Russell Fallstad
Credit: Donald Lee

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Jim Hamilton, Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking, RBC Royal Bank; Fry Street Quartet members Anne Francis, Jessica Guideri, Rebecca McFaul, Russell Fallstad; Mary E. Hofstetter, President and CEO, The Banff Centre;
Credit: Donald Lee

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Rebecca McFaul, Jessica Guideri, Anne Francis, Russell Fallstad
Credit: Don Hunstein

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The Fry Street Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition
Credit: Donald Lee

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Paris, France
Maud Rouchaleou, Claudine Christophe, Maya Blumenfeld, Ann-Estelle Medouze

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The Alma Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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Givataim, Israel
Rachel Ringelstein, Yoel Greenberg, Hadar Cohen, Tami Waterman

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The Carmel Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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The Hague, Holland
Karsten Kleijer, Nander Cirkel, Maria-Paula Majoor, Daniel Torrico Menacho
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The Matangi Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Holman, Petr Střízek, Vladimír Fortin, František Souček

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The Penguin Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Credit: Donald Lee

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London, UK
Claudia Ajmone-Marsan, Chris George, Juliet Jopling and Amy Norrington

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The Qince Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Csaba Koczo, Rafael Hoekman, Amanda Goodburn, Yosef Tamir

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The Tokai String Quartet at the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Credit: Donald Lee

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(back l-r): Philippe Muller, Doris Lederer, Sadao Harada, Barry Shiffman, (front l-r) Sung-Won Yang, Levon Chilingirian, BISQC Executive Director Peter Gardner, Andrew Dawes.
Credit: Donald Lee

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The Daedalus Quartet on tour after winning the 7th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001. As part of their first prize, The Banff Centre arranges a tour throughout Canada, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Victoria, BC.
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Daedalus Quartet performing
The Daedalus Quartet (USA), winners of the 7th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001, in performance during the competition. Credit: Donald Lee

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Audiences fill The Banff Centre's auditoriums to hear the 10 young string quartets perform over the 6 day Banff International String Quartet Competition. Tickets are on sale for the 8th BISQC, which takes place August 31 - September 5, 2004.
Credit: Donald Lee

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