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 Quartetto Italiano. The promoter and organiser is Fondazione I Teatri in Reggio Emilia; artistic director is Paolo Cantù; founder was pianist Guido Alberto Borciani, Paolo Borciani’s brother. The competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1991.

Competition results

1987

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

1990

  • 1st Prize: 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: 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

2005

2008

2011

2014

  • 1st Prize: Kelemen Quartet, Hungary
  • 2nd Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
  • 3rd Prize: Varèse Quartet, France
  • Audience Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
  • Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Varèse Quartet, France

2017

  • 1st Prize: not awarded
  • 2nd Prize: Omer Quartet, United States
  • 3rd Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
  • Audience Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
  • Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Quartetto Adorno, Italy

Honorary Committee

See also

Sources

  1. Premio Borciani (in Italian)
  2. DIE ZEIT, 26.06.2008 Nr. 27 (in German)
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