Premio Paolo Borciani

The International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani" was created in 1987 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is dedicated to their famous fellow citizen, founder and first violin of the Quartetto Italiano. Twenty years later, the Premio has now become one of the most prestigious competitions of the world, thanks also to the precious support of MaxMara^{[citation needed]}. Promoter and organiser is Fondazione I Teatri in Reggio Emilia; artistic director is Paolo Cantù; founder was pianist Guido Alberto Borciani, Paolo Borciani’s brother. The Competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1991.

Competition results[]

1987[]

1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: , Switzerland
3rd Prize: not awarded

1990[]

1st Prize: Keller String Quartet, Hungary
2nd Prize: , United States
3rd Prize: ex-aequo , Hungary and , Japan

1994[]

1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: , Germany
3rd Prize: not awarded
Special Prize: , Germany (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Marco Stroppa)

1997[]

1st Prize: Artemis String Quartet, Germany
2nd Prize: not awarded
3rd Prize: ex-aequo , Hungary and , Japan
Special Prize: , Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Luciano Berio)

2000[]

1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: , Japan
3rd Prize: , Spain
Special Prize: , Japan (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Salvatore Sciarrino)

2002[]

1st Prize: Kuss String Quartet, Germany
2nd Prize: Pacifica Quartet, United States
3rd Prize: , Hungary
Special Prize: Ex-aequo Kuss Quartet and Pacifica Quartet (best performance of the Quartet commissioned to Wolfgang Rihm)

2005[]

1st Prize: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic
2nd Prize: , Australia
3rd Prize: Chiara String Quartet, United States
4th Prize: €4,000, offered by Mrs Irene Steels-Wilsing (Brussels) in memory of an unforgettable week , United States
Special Prize for the best performance of the quartet commissioned to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech Republic

2008[]

1st Prize: Bennewitz String Quartet, Czech Republic
2nd Prize: Doric String Quartet, Great Britain
3rd Prize: ex aequo Ardeo String Quartet, France and Signum String Quartet, Germany
Special Prize Irene Steels-Wilsing: Amaryllis String Quartet, Germany/Switzerland
Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to Giovanni Sollima: Quiroga String Quartet, Spain

2011[]

1st Prize: not awarded
Finalist Prize: Amaryllis Quartet, Germany; Meccorre Quartet, Poland; Voce Quartet, France
Audience Prize: Voce Quartet, France
Special Prize for the best performance of the new quartet commissioned to Giya Kancheli: ex aequo Meccorre Quartet, Poland and Cavaleri Quartet, UK

2014[]

1st Prize: Kelemen Quartet, Hungary
2nd Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
3rd Prize: Varèse Quartet, France
Audience Prize: Mucha Quartet, Slovakia
Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Varèse Quartet, France

2017[]

1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: Omer Quartet, United States
3rd Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
Audience Prize: Quartetto Adorno, Italy
Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece: Quartetto Adorno, Italy