Ninth Edition
June 12-19, 2011
Winners
First Prize: not awarded
Finalists Prize: Amaryllis Quartet (Germany-Switzerland), Meccorre Quartet (Poland), Voce Quartet (France)
Ex aequo Special Prize for the best performance of the new composition from Giya Kancheli: Meccorre Quartet, Cavaleri Quartet
Audience Prize: Voce Quartet
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland Prize: Schumann Quartet (Germany-Japan)
ProQuartet Prize: Linden Quartet (USA-Canada)
The Jury
President
Gunter Pichler, violin Alban Berg Quartet, Austria
Jana Kuss, violin Kuss Quartet, Germany – Vera Martínez, violin Casals Quartet, Spain – Kazuhide Isomura, viola Tokyo Quartet, Japan – Eckart Runge, cello Artemis Quartet, Germany – Alberto Batisti, musicologist, critic, music professional, Italy – Giuliano Carmignola, violin, Italy – Giya Kancheli, composer, Georgia
Quartetti partecipanti
Acies (Austria) – Amaryllis (Germany-Switzerland) – Arcadia (Romania) – Arneis (USA) – Calder (USA) – Cavaleri (Great Britain) – Dolezal (Czech Republic) – Excelsa (USA-New Zealand) – Gémeaux (China-Switzerland-Germany-Holland) – Kelemen (Hungary) – Linden (USA-Canada) – Meccorre (Poland) – Navarra (Great Britain-Holland) – Rubens (Holland) – Schumann (Germany-Japan) – Solstice (Great Britain) – Varèse (France) – Vinca (USA-Canada) – Voce (France)
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