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An absolutely amazing final for string quartet with intense nerves and top class string players! The quartets played Schubert, Beethoven and of course Carl Nielsen in the final round in the beautiful Concert Hall at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. 3 hours of music and we could have dreamed of even more!

CONGRATULATIONS to Ensemble Ouranos! What a final! We have heard three wonderful wind quintets playing Carl Nielsen, Jersild and Francaix on a very high level.

Can you believe this high level among the young talents! After an incredible day in the Round 2, the jury has finally decided which of the String Quartets we will hear in the Finale tomorrow!

What a day! The 6 Wind Quintets in Round 2 have all played the commissioned piece by Esben Nordborg Møller and in addition quintets by Schönberg, Ligeti, Kalevi Aho and Hindemith - it is a tough round this one and here is the result from the jury!

An amazing day of chamber music for string quartet has ended and we have seen incredibly high level of performances among the string quartets in the 1. round. The jury has decided who is in the 2. round.

After a fantastic 1. round with the highly talented Wind Quintets playing Danzi, Mortensen, Taffanel and of course Carl Nielsen the jury has finally come up with the result.

What’s better than hearing the best wind quintets and string quartets ever written over the course of five days? The added excitement of a competition where everything’s at stake.

On Tuesday 15. October the starting shot sounds for the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition, in which 16 talented String Quartets and Wind Quintets compete on three venues in Copenhagen. You can follow them live, on DR P2 or on live stream through all rounds.