The first Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition for String Quartet and Wind Quintet was established in 2015 to celebrate the 150 anniversary of Carl Nielsen.
See the 2015 winners below:
String Quartet
1Quatuor Arod/France
1Simply Quartet/Vienna
1Kleio Quartet/London, U.K.
2Quartet Berlin-Tokyo/Germany
2Balourdet String Quartet/Houston
2NOVO Quartet/Copenhagen, Denmark
3Cosmos Quartet/Spain
3Quatuor Elmire/Paris
3Quartett HANA/Munich, Germany
Wind Quintet
1Carl Nielsen-Kvintetten/Denmark
1Ensemble Ouranos/Paris
1Ensemble Astera/France/Switzerland
2Veits Quintet/Germany
2Pacific Quintet/Berlin
2SenArts Wind Quintet/Barcelona, Spain
3Atéa Wind Quintet/United Kingdom
3V Coloris/Copenhagen
3ALINDE QUINTET/Czech Republic
Special Prizes
★Alba String Quartet/Denmark
Special encouragement prize
★Ensemble Astera/France/Switzerland
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (Wind quintet)
★Kleio Quartet/London, U.K.
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (String quartet)
★Ensemble Ouranos/Paris
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (Wind quintet)
★Carl Nielsen-Kvintetten/Denmark
Best interpretation of Carl Nielsen
★Quatuor Arod/France
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (String quartet)
★Quatuor Arod/France
Best interpretation of Carl Nielsen
★Quartet Berlin-Tokyo/Germany
Best interpretation of Carl Nielsen
★Quatuor Elmire/Paris
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (String quartet)
★Atéa Wind Quintet/United Kingdom
Best performance of the work written specially for the competition (Wind quintet)