The String Quartet audition, organised by the Philharmonie de Paris as part of its String Quartet Biennal, is an opportunity for emerging ensembles to be listened to by a committee of important figures of the classical music world. This audition day is open to the public and will consist in short performances followed by a discussion with the invited professionals.

The members of the committee are:

ANNETT BAUMEISTER, head of concerts officer of the Festpielhaus Baden-Baden (Germany)
FRAUKE BERNDS, artistic planning director of the Köln Philharmonie (Germany)
NUMA BISCHOF-ULLMANN, Intendant of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and director of the Zaubersee Festival (Switzerland)
OLE BAEKHOEJ, director of the Pierre Boulez Saal of Berlin (Germany)
MIGUEL DA SILVA,  violist, founder and professor of the String Quartet class at the Paris CRR conservatory (France)
EMILIE DELORME, director of the European Academy of Music of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (France)
JOHN GILHOOLY, artistic director of Wigmore Hall (UK)
RICO GULDA, artistic planning director of the Wiener Konzerthaus (Austria)
ANDREA HAMPL, director of the artists’ agency Konzertdirektion (Germany)
ULRICH HAUSCHILD, head of the music department of BOZAR in Brussels (Belgium)
YASMIN HILBERDINKS, founder and director of the String Quartet Biennal Amsterdam (Netherlands)
EMMANUEL HONDRE, director of the concerts and shows department of the Philharmonie de Paris (France)
KNUT KIRKESAETHER, general director of the Lofoten Internasjonale Kammermusikkfest (Norway)
ISOLDE LAGACE, general artistic director of the Bourgie Hall of Montreal (Canada)
GILLES LEDURE, general director of Flagey (Belgium)
TOUFIC MAATOUK, artistic director of the Beirut Chants Festival (Lebanon)
DOUGLAS MCNABNEY, chamber music coordinator of McGill University of Montreal (Canada)
ALAIN MEUNIER, director of the string quartet international competition of Bordeaux (France)
RISTO NIEMINEN, general director of the Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal)
ELENA OPARKOVA, president of the Art Development Foundation of Moscow (Russia)
SONIA SIMMENAUER, director of the artists’ agency Impresariat Simmenauer (Germany)
CATHY WILKINSON, head of artistic planning at the ElbPhilharmonie of Hamburg (Germany)

For further information, please contact Nora Meyer: achamine@cite-musique.fr | +33 1 44 84 46 05
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