Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition for String Quartet and Wind Quintet 2015

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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

  • 2Quartet Berlin-Tokyo/Germany

  • 2Balourdet String Quartet/Houston

  • 3Cosmos Quartet/Spain

  • 3Quatuor Elmire/Paris

Wind Quintet

  • 1Carl Nielsen-Kvintetten/Denmark

  • 1Ensemble Ouranos/Paris

  • 2Veits Quintet/Germany

  • 2Pacific Quintet/Berlin

  • 3Atéa Wind Quintet/United Kingdom

  • 3V Coloris/Copenhagen

Special Prizes

  • ★Alba String Quartet/Denmark

    Special encouragement prize

  • ★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)