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

  • 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)