The 7th competition of the foundation took place again on wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in cooperation with the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival.
1st prize ANIMATO QUARTET
The Animato Quartet received the Netherlands‘ Kersjes Prize for chamber music in 2023 and is a winner of the chamber music competitions in Weimar (Joseph Joachim) and Trondheim. In addition to concerts in the Netherlands, they were guests in Paris, Luxembourg and the Gewandhaus Leipzig. As artists in residence at the Dutch String Quartet Academy (NSKA), they were supervised by Eberhard Feltz, Hatto Beyerle and Marc Danel. www.animatokwartet.nl
2nd prize VIATORES QUARTET
The members of the Viatores Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2023, won first prize in the Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in 2024 and were awarded the SWR Culture New Talent funding program in December of the same year. The first CD production is planned for 2025. The ensemble studies with Prof. Tabea Zimmermann and Prof. Oliver Wille in Hanover. www.viatoresquartet.com
3rd prize NERIDA QUARTET
The Nerida Quartet was most recently awarded the Federal President‘s Prize at the 2024 university competition. The ensemble, founded in 2018, is currently studying at the HMTM Hannover with Prof. Oliver Wille, and is also collaborating with members of the Artemis Quartet and the Cuarteto Casals. The quartet has been part of the EU-funded MERITA program since 2023. www.neridaquartet.com
Audience Award ELAIA QUARTET
The Elaia Quartet performed at PODIUM Esslingen, Ischgl Classics and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, among others. Only founded in 2020, it received a scholarship from the German Music Council and second prize in the Zukunftsklang Impuls Award in 2022. They have been members of the Le Dimore del Quartetto network since 2023. After studying with Prof. Wolfgang Redik, they are currently studying at the Quatuor Ébène and working with Eberhard Feltz, Heime Müller and the Cuarteto Casals. www.elaiaquartett.com
