Winners announced in the 2020 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

May 14, 2020, 2:41 PM · Congratulations to the winners in the 47th annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, in which 48 ensembles from around the world competed virtually last week, May 7-9. Top winners in the strings division included the Rice University Shepherd School of Music-based Balourdet String Quartet and the Andover, Mass.-based Phillips Trio.

Here are all the prize winners in the string divisions:

SENIOR STRING DIVISION

The Balourdet String Quartet.

GOLD MEDAL ($3,500 & $3,500 Winners Tour Prize)

Balourdet String Quartet
Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas

Justin DeFilippis, violin
Angela Jiye Bae, violin
Benjamin Zannoni, viola
Russell Houston, cello

BELOW: The Balourdet String Quartet performs:

SILVER MEDAL ($3,000)

Trío Rouge
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music, Austin, Texas

Nick Hammel, violin
Chan Song An, cello
Sohee Kwon, piano

BRONZE MEDAL ($2,000)

Quantum Clarinet Trio
Paris, France

Elena Veronesi, clarinet
Johannes Przygodda, cello
Bokyung Kim, piano

Jury members in this year's Senior String division included violist Daniel Avshalomov, cellist Norman Fischer, violinist Ani Kavafian and pianist Seth Knopp.

JUNIOR STRING DIVISION

The Phillips Trio, of Andover, Mass.

GOLD MEDAL ($2,300)

Phillips Trio
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

Luke Henderson, violin
Evan Tsai, cello
Ariel Wang, piano

BELOW: the Phillips Trio:

SILVER MEDAL ($1,800)

Dasani String Quartet
The Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois

Isabella Brown, violin
Katya Moeller, violin
Zechary Mo, viola
Brandon Cheng, cello

BRONZE MEDAL ($1,300)

Arcturus Trio
Young Chamber Musicians, San Francisco, California

Kevin Yang, piano
Ajay Mallya, violin
Catherine Choi, cello

Jury members in the Junior String division included cellist Anthony Arnone, pianist Elinor Freer, and violinist Rebecca McFaul.

Kenneth Geoffroy Memorial Prize ($700)
To encourage the participation of local chamber music ensembles in the Fischoff Competition, a special prize is awarded to the highest ranking junior ensemble from the Michiana region (60 mile radius of South Bend).

Winners announced in the 2020 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

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