Eighth Edition
June 15-22, 2008
Winners
First Prize: Bennewitz Quartet (Czech Republic)
Second Prize: Doric Quartet (Great Britain)
Ex aequo Third Prize: Ardeo Quartet (France), Signum Quartet (Germany)
Irene Steels-Wilsing Special Prize: Amaryllis Quartet (Germany-Switzerland)
Special Prize for the best performance of the new composition from Giovanni Sollima Quiroga Quartet (Spain)
Nicola Amati violin: Quiroga Quartet
Amicizia reggiana Prize: Bennewitz Quartet, Kazakh State Quartet, Minetti Quartet, Quiroga Quartet
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland Prize: Vinca Quartet (USA)
Fondazione Antonio Stradivari Prize: Galatea Quartet, Collegium Quartet
Special mention for the performance of F.J. Haydn’s Quartet op.74 n.3: Ardeo Quartet
Special mention for the performance of F.J. Haydn’s Quartet op.76 n.1: Doric Quartet
The Jury
President
Philip Gossett, musicologist, USA
Andras Keller, violin Keller Quartet, Hungary – Oliver Wille, violin Kuss Quartet, Germany – Volker Jacobsen, viola ex Artemis Quartet, Germany – Sadao Harada, cello ex Tokyo Quartet, Japan – Andrea Lucchesini, piano, Italy – Misha Donat, producer, Great Britain – Carla Moreni, music critic, Italy
Quartets
Alma (France) – Amaryllis (Germany-Switzerland) – Apollon Musagète (Poland) – Ardeo (France) – Benaïm (France) – Bennewitz (Czech Republic) – Callino (Ireland-Great Britain-Austria) – Collegium (Ukraine) – Doric (Great Britain) – Esmus (Poland) – Galatea (Switzerland-Japan) – Jasper (USA) – Kazakh State (Kazakhstan) – Minetti (Austria) – Nador (Hungary) – Polish (Poland) – Quiroga (Spain) – Signum (Germany) – Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) – Vinca (USA)
Honorary Commitee
Claudio Abbado, Alban Berg String Quartet, Borodin String Quartet, Radu Lupu, sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Riccardo Muti, Arvo Pärt, Maurizio Pollini, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Marco Stroppa, Tokyo String Quartet
Artistic Director
Mario Brunello
Gallery
Photos: Alfredo Anceschi and Roberto Masotti