Chester Jankowski

Banff International String Quartet Competition 2025

December 21 2025 music ResourcesForComposers, string-quartet

For the 2025 edition of the BISQC, the following quartets participated:

Name From Place Web
Arete Quartet Seoul, South Korea 2 aretequartet/home
Cong Quartet Hong Kong, China www.congquartet.com
Quatuor Elmire Paris, France www.quatuor-elmire.com
Quartett HANA Munich, Germany hanaquartet.com
Quartet KAIRI Salzburg, Austria 3
Quatuor Magenta Paris, France www.quatuormagenta.com
Myriade Quartet Montreal, Canada Withdrew myriadequartet.com
Nerida Quartet Bremen, Germany www.neridaquartet.com
Poiesis Quartet Cincinnati, USA 1 poiesisquartet.com
Viatores Quartet Berlin, Germany www.viatoresquartet.com

Round 1: 21st Century Haydn

Name Haydn Video 21st C Video
Arete Quartet op. 20 no. 2 Vimeo Widmann SQ no. 3 Vimeo
Cong Quartet op. 33 no. 3 Vimeo Dillon SQ no. 7 Vimeo
Quatuor Elmire op. 76 no. 5 Vimeo Dusapin SQ no. 5 Vimeo
Quartett HANA op. 74 no. 1 Vimeo Dusapin SQ no. 5 Vimeo
Quartet KAIRI op. 74 no. 1 Vimeo Hosokawa Floral Fairy Vimeo
Quatuor Magenta op. 76 no. 3 Vimeo Dusapin SQ no. 5 Vimeo
Nerida Quartet op. 54 no. 2 Vimeo Shaw Entr'acte Vimeo
Poiesis Quartet op. 71 no. 2 Vimeo Macklay Many Many Cadences Vimeo
Viatores Quartet op. 33 no. 1 Vimeo Widmann SQ no. 3 Vimeo

Round 2: Romantic

Name Work Video
Arete Quartet Schumann op. 41 no. 1 Youtube
Cong Quartet Debussy op. 10 Youtube
Quatuor Elmire Mendelssohn op. 44 no. 2 Youtube
Quartett HANA Mendelssohn op. 80 Youtube
Quartet KAIRI Mendelssohn op. 13 Youtube
Quatuor Magenta Schumann op. 41 no. 1 Youtube
Nerida Quartet Mendelssohn op. 44 no. 3 Youtube
Poiesis Quartet Brahms op. 67 Youtube
Viatores Quartet Debussy op. 10 Youtube

Round 3: Kati Agócs World Premiere

Name Video
Arete Quartet Vimeo
Cong Quartet Vimeo
Quatuor Elmire Vimeo
Quartett HANA Vimeo
Quartet KAIRI Vimeo
Quatuor Magenta Vimeo
Nerida Quartet Vimeo
Poiesis Quartet Vimeo
Viatores Quartet Vimeo

Round 4: Beethoven/Schubert + 20th Century

Name Beethoven/Schubert Video 20th C Video
Arete Quartet Sch. SQ 15 D. 887 Youtube Berg Lyric Suite Youtube
Cong Quartet Sch. SQ 13 D. 880 Youtube Janáček SQ no. 1 Youtube
Quatuor Elmire Bthvn. op. 59 no. 3 Youtube Bartók SQ no. 2 Sz. 67 Youtube
Quartett HANA Bthvn. op. 59 no. 1 Youtube Bartók SQ no. 3 Sz. 85 Youtbe
Quartet KAIRI Sch. SQ 14 D. 810 Youtube Janáček SQ no. 1 Youtube
Quatuor Magenta Bthvn. op. 59 no. 1 Youtube Ligeti SQ no. 1 Youtube
Nerida Quartet Sch. SQ 15 D. 887 Youtube Britten SQ no. 1 Youtube
Poiesis Quartet Bthvn. op. 59 no. 3 Youtube Bartók SQ no. 5, Sz. 102 Youtube
Viatores Quartet Bthvn. op. 59 no. 2 Youtube Hindemith SQ no. 5, op. 32 Youtube

Round 5: Finals

Poiesis Quartet - 1st place

Work Video
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate: Pisachi (Reveal) for String Quartet Youtube
Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet Youtube
Joe Hisaishi: String Quartet No. 1 Youtube
Kevin Lau: String Quartet No. 7, Surfacing Youtube

Arete Quartet - 2nd place

Work Video
Britten: Three Divertimenti for String Quartet Youtube
Mozart: SQ no. 19, K. 465 Youtube
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” Youtube

Quartet KAIRI - 3rd place

Work Video
Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 Youtube
Takemitsu: Landscape Youtube
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Youtube

Awards Ceremony

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