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NEWSLETTER FOR QUARTETS AND TRIOS #24
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NEWS FROM THE DQ WORLD, COMPETITIONS, MASTERCLASSES AND MORE
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We hope your summer is hitting all the right notes! We are excited to introduce you to some new and unmissable opportunities. Find out about them and be sure to take the opportunity to apply.
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Le Dimore del Quartetto team
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THE STRING CIRCLE
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QUARTET OF INSTRUMENTS BY STEFANO CONIA
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The quartet of instruments crafted by the renowned Master Luthier Stefano Conia, is now available again for free loans for use, within the project The String Circle.
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This quartet is a testament to the artistry and skill of Conia, and exalts the importance of playing instruments born to be played together, created by the same hand, and resonating in perfect harmony. The significance of performing with a quartet that shares this unique bond cannot be overstated.
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"I am extremely grateful to The String Circle for providing me with an extraordinary violin by Cremonese luthier Stefano Conia. The last past months have been an incredible adventure for me, playing on this amazing instrument and watching it change and develop every day. Playing on instruments which belong together as a Quartet has also been an enriching experience for us, as we are now able to better adapt our sound to one another. "
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Fanny Schell, violinist of the Alinea Quartet
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LET'S MEET AT MONDOMUSICA!
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Le Dimore del Quartetto Team will be at Cremona Musica International Exhibitions & Festival 2024, from September 27th to the 29th, to connect, share insights, and explore new opportunities with you all.
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FILIPPO NICOSIA AWARD
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INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD AND MASTERCLASS
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August 29th - 31st, 2024 — Briosco, Italy
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Application deadline: August 15th, 2024
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The Award and the Masterclass are an important opportunity for those groups who would like to play more in Italy, to be more known by an international team of teachers, promoters, agents all over Europe. The name of the winners will be introduced to all the major concerts agencies and concert series.
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PRESIDENT OF THE JURY
• Cristiano Gualco, violin (Quartetto di Cremona)
TEACHERS AND JURORS
• Simone Gramaglia, viola (soloist, Quartetto di Cremona)
• Eckart Runge, cello (soloist, founder member Artemis Quartet)
• Oliver Wille, violin (Kuss Quartet)
• Antonio Valentino, piano (Trio Debussy, dir. art. Unione Musicale di Torino)
PRIZES
A prize of €5.000 and many other prizes in collaboration with ArchiMagazine, Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia, CIDIM – Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica, Da Vinci Label, G. Henle Verlag Urtext Editions, Giorgio Grisales Liuteria and Casa Musicale Del Rio
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MASTERCLASSES & ACADEMIES
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The masterclasses are listed in chronological order of application deadline
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ACCADEMIA STAUFFER
STRING QUARTET COURSE – QUARTETTO DI CREMONA
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Application deadline: September 3rd, 2024
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A performance-oriented advanced training programme, aimed at ensembles who are strongly committed to pursuing a professional career. It comprises two training paths:
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• the annual Advanced Course, for string quartets and trios with piano ensembles;
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• the triennial Stauffer Performance Diploma Course, reserved for pre-formed string quartets with previous activity of at least one year.
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The academic programme includes a rich variety of concerts and special artistic projects, numerous concert opportunities and international exchanges with prestigious music institutions from all over the world.
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The programme also includes a series of meetings and masterclasses with great artists of the international scene, such as: Marc Danel (Danel Quartet), Ori Kam (Jerusalem Quartet), Günter Pichler (former first violin of Alban Berg Quartet)
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PROQUARTET PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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ProQuartet has been providing professional training and support programmes for chamber music ensembles since 1987. Courses take place in Paris, ending with one or several concerts. In addition, the programme includes workshops, concerts and outreach activities.
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• October, 14th - 18th, 2024 | Kyril Zlotnikov – Cellist, Jerusalem Quartet
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• November 18th - 22nd, 2024 | Alasdair Tait – Cellist, YCAT
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• January 6th - 10th, 2025 | Kim Kashkashian – Violist, New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)
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ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA DI PINEROLO E TORINO
ADVANCED CHAMBER MUSIC COURSE - TRIO DI PARMA
Academic Year 2024/25
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Application deadline: September 26th, 2024
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The course taught by Trio di Parma provides the ensembles with advanced training in chamber music for strings and piano, through which they will acquire a thorough knowledge of repertoire and thus establish a solid base on which to build their careers as concert performers.
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The competitions are listed in chronological order of application deadline
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FRANZ SCHUBERT AND MODERN MUSIC
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12th INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
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February 8th - 15th, 2025 — Graz, Austria
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Application deadline: September 24th, 2024
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With this competition, the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz enables young musicians both to determine their position and to confront the reality of a profession that is inherently competitive. Top-class and internationally recognized jurors, with their qualified feedback, contribute to making this competition a significant milestone in the artistic development of the participants.
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The competition is open to Lied duos, Piano duos and Piano Trios.
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10TH INTERNATIONAL JOSEPH JOACHIM COMPETITION Chamber Music
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March 30th - April 6th, 2025 — Weimar, Germany
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Application period: October 1st, 2024 - January 19th, 2025
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Every three years, the International JOSEPH JOACHIM Chamber Music Competition has been attracting the most talented young ensembles to the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar for around 25 years.
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The 10th International JOSEPH JOACHIM Competition | Chamber Music 2025 is open to String Trios, String Quartets, Piano Trios and Piano Quartets.
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Prizes and special prizes worth a total of more than €20.000 will be awarded to those who succeed in all three rounds.
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SCHOENFELD INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION
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July 11th - 27th, 2025 — Harbin, China
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Application period: October 1st, 2024 - January 31st, 2025
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Schoenfeld International String Competition is established to pay tribute to the legendary sisters, performers, and educators in the string world - Alice and Eleanore Schoenfeld. In collaboration with Harbin Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Theatre, and the Conservatory of Music in Harbin, the Schoenfeld provides a unique and wide-ranging performance platform for promoting the highly gifted young string musicians in our time.
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Plan your next residency to gather and study in a peaceful and inspiring landscape!
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CHÂTEAU DE SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY
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Pernes Les Fontaines, France
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Immersed in an astounding garden à la française, the Château de Saint-Barthélemy is the perfect place for a musical escapade in the beautiful region of Provence. With its many rooms and its Gaveau piano of 1911, the Château naturally lends itself to a musical residency.
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Santander, Spain
The building is facing the bay of Santander and was built in 1890s, very near to the Botin Center. It is a house with a musical soul, glad to welcome musicians and concerts.
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Masseria Spina Resort is one of the oldest historic residences in Puglia, with a long and fascinating history that began in the sixteenth century. Every detail of the resort unites nature, history and tradition harmoniously.
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Our partner ITSRIGHT is a collective management organization founded in 2010 to manage, in Italy and abroad, neighboring rights’ revenues due for any kind of public use of recorded music, in compliance with the Italian Copyright Law. Their mission is to ensure a global, competent and transparent way of collecting and distributing compensations due to performers, orchestra and chorus conductors, solo and orchestra musicians, artistic producers, record companies.
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ITSRIGHT provides high-standard services that guarantees musicians a transparent and efficient way to distribute their neighboring rights’ compensations.
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If you want to learn more about their activities, or would like to have a consultancy session to learn more about your rights, click the buton below or get in touch via info@itsright.it
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YOUR MUSIC IN OUR PLAYLIST OF THE MONTH
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Do you have any recording on Spotify that you wish to share with us? We would be happy to listen to your recordings and present your ensemble and your music in our monthly newsletter in the section "Playlist of the Month".
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Our artistic director, Simone Gramaglia, each month will select the playlists and add a brief presentation to it.
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