12th BISQC | 2016 Coverage
November
A string quartet heaven: Banff, Canada
BBC Music Magazine by Rebecca Franks
Oh, Canada! The Rolston String Quartet takes first prize with Beethoven at BISQC
Strings by Stephanie Powell
October 18
Interview with the winners of this year's Banff International String Quartet Competition
BBC Music Magazine by Rebecca Franks
September 10
Canada's Rolston String Quartet takes top honours at Banff competition
Toronto Star by William Littler
September 6
Rolston String Quartet takes top prize at Banff
BBC Music Magazine by Rebecca Franks
September 5
Canadian Rolston Quartet Takes Top Prize
La Scena Musicale by Bill Rankin
Rolston String Quartet takes top prize in international Banff competition
Calgary Herald by Kenneth Delong
Rolston Quartet wins Banff International String Quartet Competition $150,000 top prize
The Strad
September 4
Super Saturday performances from Rolston, Castalian put them in BISQC finals with Tesla Quartet
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
The Finalists Announced!
La Scena Musicale by Bill Rankin
How to bring the house down: Quartet Berlin-Tokyo performs Jörg Widmann at Banff Centre
The Strad
Banff International String Quartet Competition 2016 names three finalists
The Strad
September 3
Dover Quartet Offers 9 Career Tips For A Young Quartet
Musical Toronto by Michael Vincent
Argus Quartet among many providing successful première of Zosha Di Castri's Quartet No. 1
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
Jagged Edges Abound at the Canadian-Commission Round
La Scena Musicale by Bill Rankin
September 2
Aeolus Quartet delivers divine Dvorák; Tesla's Ravel simply perfect in day three of Banff competition
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
Rounds 1 & 2
La Scena Musicale by Bill Rankin
August 31
Haydn round, Day 2 produces some notable performances
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
Castalian Quartet shines, Quartet Berlin-Tokyo superb in their Bartók entries
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
August 30
Banff International String Quartet Competition returns with powerful Tesla, Verona Quartet performances
Calgary Herald by Stephan Bonfield
It's performance versus prize money for strings in Banff competition
National Post by Colin Eatock
August 29
Afiara Quartet fuses classical and hip-hop elements
Bow Valley Crag and Canyon by Daniel Katz
August 26
By the Numbers: Who knew you could win $150,000 playing in a quartet in Banff?
Swerve by Bruce Weir
August 25
The Afiara Quartet's "Spin Cycle" project
CBC Radio The Homestretch
7 things we're dying to hear at BISQC 2016
CBCMusic.ca/genres/classical by Robert Rowat
11th BISQC | 2013 Coverage
December 13
Reveling in the power of music
San Jose Mercury News by Paul Freeman
October 23
Young Artist in Residence: The Dover Quartet
Performance Today by Suzanne Schaffer
October 22
The Dover Quartet combines beauty and richness of sound
Recordnet.com by Tony Sauro
September 4
Q&A with Barry Shiffman, Competition Director, Banff International String Quartet Competition
Swerve by Jon Roe
September 1
And the winner is: Dover Quartet (USA)
August 22
BISQC 2013: streaming audio of rounds 1 and 2
CBC Music by Catherine McClelland
May 1
Banff International String Quartet Competition announces 2013 quartets
March 18
Ravel finally gets respect
The Sault Star by Brian Kelly
March 15
Stream the Cecilia String Quartet's new CD, Amoroso
CBC Music by Catherine McClelland
March 12
Cecilia String Quartet releases new Album on March 19
March 7
The Power of Four: String quartets multiply across New York
New Yorker by Alex Ross
February 14
Cecilia String Quartet: Music in the Morning Concert Series
CBC Music
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