2016 GUIDE TO COMPETITIONS
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Banff International String Quartet Competition |
ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
Since 1983, BISQC has celebrated the art of chamber music while providing career support for emerging string quartets. Join the most dedicated chamber music audience on the planet for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Outstanding music-making, enlightening lectures, passionate discussions, delicious food, and spectacular mountain vistas await you.
MAIN OFFICE
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
PO Box 1020 Station 23
Banff Alberta T1L 1H5
CANADA
WEBSITE
http://www.bisqc.ca
ELIGIBILITY
-The competition is open to string quartets of all nationalities whose members are under the age of 35 on September 4, 2016.
-First and second prize winners of any previous Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) are ineligible to apply.*
-Quartets may compete in BISQC a maximum of two times only. Quartets that have already competed twice in BISQC are excluded from participation.*
*For the purposes of rules 2 and 3, a quartet will be considered the same quartet if 50 percent of the personnel are returning.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
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DETAILS |
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| Travel Covered? | Yes | |
| Frequency | Triennial | |
| Cash prizes | More than $50,000 | |
| Additional prizes | Performances | |
| Jury chair(s) | Vera Beths, Denis Brott, Gérard Caussé, Yoshiko Nakura, Geoff Nuttall, Peter Salaff, Alasdair Tait | |
| Jury size | 6 to 10 | |
| Application deadline | March 1, 2016 | |
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SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
August 29 - September 3, 2016
Eric Harvie Theatre, The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta, Canada
(The ten competing quartets perform in all four preliminary rounds.) |
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FINALS (live rounds)
September 4, 2016
Eric Harvie Theatre, The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta, Canada
(Three quartets advance to the finals.) |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✔ Semifinals | ✔ Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ Finals | ✔ Finals streamed |
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