2022 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition
Tuesday 5 - Sunday 10 April 2022
Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition 2022 Prizes
First Prize, The Harry M Weinrebe Prize £10,000 – Leonkoro Quartet
Kindly donated by The Dorset Foundation
Second Prize £6,000 – Adelphi Quart
Kindly donated by Henry and Suzanne Davis
Third Prize £3,000 – Affinity Quartet
Kindly donated by an anonymous donor
Special Prizes
The Bram Eldering 19th Century Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
£1,200 – for the best performance of 19th Century repertoire in the Semi-finals.
Kindly donated by the Eldering/Goecke family
The Sidney Griller Award – Leonkoro Quartet
£1,000 – for the best performance of Sally Beamish’s Nine Fragments in the Preliminary Round
Kindly donated by an anonymous donor
The Haydn Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
£1,000 – for the best performance of a Haydn quartet in the Preliminary Round
Kindly donated by The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust
The Alan Bradley Mozart Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
£1,000 – for the best performance of a Mozart quartet in the Preliminary Round
Kindly donated in memory of Alan Bradley
Twentieth Century Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
£1,000 – for the best performance of a twentieth century work in the Preliminary Round
Kindly donated by Peter Outen
The City of Portsmouth Prize – Risus Quartet
£1,000 – for the most promising quartet not progressing to the Final
Kindly donated by Ian Kemp
Professional Development Prizes for the First Prize Winner – Leonkoro Quartet
Recital at Wigmore Hall and UK tour
Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Residency Prize
MISQA Prize
ProQuartet Prize
Professional Development Prizes for the First, Second or Third Prize Winners
Britten Pears Young Artist Programme Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
Esterházy Foundation Prize – jointly awarded to Adelphi Quartet and Leonkoro Quartet
Leeds International Concert Series Prize – Leonkoro Quartet
Professional Development Prize for any competing quartet
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland Prize – Pelia Quartet
Juries
The Members of the Competition Jury will be:
- John Gilhooly - Chairman
Director, Wigmore Hall - Jonathan Brown
viola, Casals Quartet - Hélène Clément
viola, Doric Quartet - Simin Ganatra
violin, Pacifica Quartet - Louise Hopkins
cello, Head of Strings, Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Laura Samuel
violin, leader BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and ex-Belcea Quartet - Kyril Zlotnikov
cello, Jerusalem Quartet
The members of the Selection Jury were Michelle Fleming, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Brian O’Kane and Jessie Ann Richardson.
Contact
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