January 2014

BISQC Finals – Third Place: Navarra String Quartet

The Navarra Quartet from UK/Ireland/The Netherlands finished third in the 11th Banff International String Quartet Competition which took place at The Banff Centre from August 26 – September 1, 2013. This is their final performance at the competition.

Navarra Quartet Members:
Magnus Johnston, violin
Marije Ploemacher, violin
Simone van der Giessen, viola
Brian O’Kane, cello

BISQC Finals – Third Place: Navarra String Quartet

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BISQC 2013 Finals - Second Place: Quatuor Cavatine

The Quatuor Cavatine from France took the second place at the 11th Banff International String Quartet Competition at The Banff Centre that was held August 26 – Sept. 1, 2013.
Members are:
Guillaume Chilemme, violin
Matthieu Handtschoewercker, violin
Marie Chilemme, viola
Bruno Delepelaire, cello

BISQC 2013 Finals - Second Place: Quatuor Cavatine

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BISQC 2013 Finals - Winners: Dover Quartet

The Dover Quartet from the USA won the 11th Banff International String Quartet Competition held at The Banff Centre from August 26 – Sept. 1, 2013. Hear their winning performance here.
Winners were:
Joel Link, violin
Bryan Lee, violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
Camden Shaw, cello

BISQC 2013 Finals - Winners: Dover Quartet

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Performances from BISQC 2013 - Canadian Commission Round

Watch and listen to ten performances of the Canadian Commission Round of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition on YouTube. The competing quartets performed the world premiere of Vivian Fung's String Quartet No. 3 (2013), co-commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Banff Centre.
Performances from BISQC 2013 - Canadian Commission Round

Here is the Dover Quartet, performing the world premiere of Vivian Fung's String Quartet No. 3, co-commissioned by CBC and The Banff Centre.

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