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. 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 Fondazione I Teatri in Reggio Emilia; artistic director is Lorenzo Fasolo; founder and honorary artistic director was pianist Guido Alberto Borciani, Paolo Borciani’s brother.
1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: Carmina String Quartet, Switzerland
3rd Prize: not awarded
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
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)
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)
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)
1st Prize: Kuss String Quartet, Germany
2nd Prize: Pacifica Quartet, United States
3rd Prize: Auer Quartet, Hungary
Special Prize: Ex-aequo Kuss Quartet and Pacifica Quartet (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Wolfgang Rihm)
1st Prize: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic
2nd Prize: Tankstream Quartet, Australia
3rd Prize: Chiara String Quartet, United States
4th Prize: €4.000, offered by Mrs Irene Steels-Wilsing (Brussels) in memory of an unforgettable week Biava Quartet, United States
Special Prize for the best performance of the quartet commissioned to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic
1st Prize: Bennewitz String Quartet, Czech Republic
2nd Prize: 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 Giovanni Sollima: Quiroga String Quartet, Spain
1st Prize: not awarded
Finalist Prize: Amaryllis Quartet, Germany; Meccorre Quartet, Poland; Voce Quartet, France
Audience Prize: Voce Quartet, France
Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to Giya Kancheli: ex aequo Meccorre Quartet, Poland and Cavaleri Quartet, UK
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
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
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