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Jury & Judging Procedures

The competition jury members have now been confirmed as:

International Jury

John Gilhooly HonFRAM, HonRCM, Chairman

Director, Wigmore Hall

Christoph Richter

cellist, European Chamber Music Academy Faculty Member

Sylvia Rosenberg

violinist, teacher and faculty member, Juilliard School of Music and Brooklyn Academy of Music

Simon Rowland-Jones

violist, ex-Chilingirian String Quartet, teacher and composer

Laura Samuel

violinist, Nash Ensemble and ex-Belcea Quartet

Barry Shiffman

violinist and Director, Banff International String Quartet Competition

Mark Steinberg

violinist, Brentano Quartet

Alasdair Tait

cellist, ex-Belcea Quartet, Head of Chamber Music, Guildhall and Chief Executive, Young Concerts Artists’ Trust

 

 

 

Invitation Jury

Mark Messenger

violin, Bochmann Quartet and Head of Strings, Royal College of Music

Nic Pendlebury

viola, Smith Quartet and Head of Strings, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Krzysztof Chorzelski

viola, Belcea Quartet

Jo Cole

cello, Head of Strings, Royal Academy of Music

Judging Procedure

The International Competition Jury will be directed to make their judgements taking into account all the performances of all the stages of the Competition.

By way of example, therefore, at the end of the Final the International Competition Jury's verdict will take into account ALL the performances at the Competition.

Each International Competition Jury member will be asked to vote for quartets in their own order of preference at the end of each stage with no prior discussion. Selections to go forward to the next round, and prize winners, will be made by majority vote, with the Borda count (order of ranking by each member) used in case of deadlock.

The decisions of the Juries are Final. Contestants shall not communicate with Jury members during the Competition, nor shall any other person communicate with Jury members on behalf of any contestant. Violation of this rule may well result in disqualification.