Premio Paolo Borciani

The International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani" was created in 1987 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is dedicated to their famous fellow citizen, founder and first violin of the [http://www.quartettoitaliano.com Quartetto Italiano] . Twenty years later, the Premio has now become one of the most prestigious competitions of the world, thanks also to the precious support of MaxMara. Promoter and organiser is [http://www.iteatri.re.it Fondazione I Teatri] in Reggio Emilia; artistic director is world-famous cellist ; founder and honorary artistic director is pianist Guido Alberto Borciani, Paolo Borciani’s brother.

Competition results

1987

*1st Prize: not awarded
*2nd Prize: Carmina String Quartet, Switzerland
*3rd Prize: not awarded

1990

*1st Prize: [http://www.impresariat-simmenauer.de/main.php?l=bio&lang=en&byid=10007 Keller String Quartet] , Hungary
*2nd Prize: Lark String Quartet, United States
*3rd Prize: ex-aequo Danubius String Quartet, Hungary and Subaru String Quartet, Japan

1994

*1st Prize: not awarded
*2nd Prize: Mandelring String Quartet, Germany
*3rd Prize: not awarded
*Special Prize: Mandelring String Quartet, Germany (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Marco Stroppa)

1997

*1st Prize: [http://www.artemisquartett.de Artemis String Quartet] , Germany
*2nd Prize: not awarded
*3rd Prize: ex-aequo Auer String Quartet, Hungary and Lotus String Quartet, Japan
*Special Prize: Lotus String Quartet, Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Luciano Berio)

2000

*1st Prize: not awarded
*2nd Prize: Excelsior String Quartet, Japan
*3rd Prize: Casals String Quartet, Spain
*Special Prize: Excelsior String Quartet, Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Salvatore Sciarrino)

2002

*1st Prize: [http://www.kuss-quartett.de Kuss String Quartet] , Germany
*2nd Prize: Pacifica Quartet, USA
*3rd Prize: Auer Quartet, Hungary
*Special Prize: Ex-aequo Kuss Quartet and Pacifica Quartet (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Wolfgang Rihm)

2005

*1st Prize: [http://www.intermusica.co.uk/artists/string-quartet/pavel-haas-quartet/biography Pavel Haas String Quartet] , Czech Republic
*2nd Prize: Tankstream Quartet, Australia
*3rd Prize: Chiara Quartet, USA
*4th Prize: € 4.000, offered by Mrs Irene Steels-Wilsing (Brussels) in memory of an unforgettable week Biava Quartet, USA
*Special Prize for the best performance of the quartet commissioned to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic

2008

*1st Prize: [http://www.bennewitzquartet.com/en/ Bennewitz String Quartet] , Czech Republic
*2nd Prize: [http://www.doricstringquartet.com/ Doric String Quartet] , Great Britain
*3rd Prize: "ex aequo" Ardeo String Quartet, France and Signum String Quartet, Germany
*Special Prize Irene Steels-Wilsing: Amaryllis String Quartet, Germany/Switzerland
*Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to [http://www.giovannisollima.it/ Giovanni Sollima] : Quiroga String Quartet, Spain

Honorary Committee

*Claudio Abbado
*Alban Berg 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

ee also

* List of classical music competitions
* World Federation of International Music Competitions
* String quartet

External links

* [http://www.premioborciani.org Premio Paolo Borciani] ; History and information on the competition.

* [http://www.iteatri.re.it Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia] ; Competition's venue and organizer.
* [http://www.quartettoitaliano.com Quartetto Italiano] ; Quartetto Italiano's official website.

ources

# [http://www.premioborciani.org www.premioborciani.org]
# [http://www.iteatri.re.it www.iteatri.re.it]