International String Quartet Competition 2025 | Preliminary Round 1 - At the Royal Academy of Music

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The 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition is the 16th edition of this prestigious Competition, and a celebration of the art of the string quartet, which attracts leading ensembles from around the world.

Each of the competing quartets will present two contrasting recital programmes, including cornerstones of the repertoire. The first recital consists of Haydn alongside Judith Weir’s String Quartet No. 2 'The Spaniard' (commissioned by Britten Pears Arts and Wigmore Hall for the Leonkoro Quartet); the second features a late Mozart quartet paired with a major 20th-century quartet.

Download the full schedule for the Preliminary Rounds: https://media.wigmore-hall.org.uk/documents/WHISQC_2025_Preliminary_Round_repertoire_and_running_order_amended_110325.pdf

Programme
10.00 - 10.45am Quatuor Elmire

HAYDN
String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1

JUDITH WEIR
String Quartet No. 2 'The Spaniard'

10.50 - 11.45am Velvet Quartet

MOZART
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K421

RAVEL
String Quartet in F

INTERVAL 15'
12.00 - 12.35pm Quartett HANA

HAYDN
String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1

JUDITH WEIR
String Quartet No. 2 'The Spaniard'

LUNCH INTERVAL
2.30 - 3.20pm Turicum Quartet

MOZART
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K421

BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 4 in C Sz. 91 BB95

3.25 - 4.05pm Katarina String Quartet

HAYDN
String Quartet in C Op. 50 No. 2

JUDITH WEIR
String Quartet No. 2 'The Spaniard'

INTERVAL 15'
4.20 - 5.15pm Erinys Quartet

MOZART
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat K589 'Prussian'

BRITTEN
String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36