2008

Tromp 2008 for String Quartet
Four & more

The 19th edition of the Tromp International Music Competiton was held from 15-23 November 2008. 13 string quartets participated in the competition. The participants came from all over the world, 16 different nationalities in total. 



Jury
Ida Bieler website
Anner Bijlsma
Nicholas Corti
Mary Rowell website
Radim Sedmidubsky
Andrew Watkinson
Emile Wennekes, chairman

Press jury
Anthony Fiumara (o.a. Trouw, Netherlands)
Bela Luttmer (o.a. Volkskrant, Netherlands)
Tully Potter (The Strad Magazine, United Kingdom)
Carsten Dürer (Ensemble, Magazin für Kammermusik, Germany)
Marjolijn Sengers (Eindhovens Dagblad, Netherlands)

Participants of TROMP 2008, and their progress in the competition

Amaryllis Quartett (Germany, Switzerland)     
Gustav Frielingshaus, Lena Wirth, Lena Eckels & Yves Sandos
3rd Prize

Asasello Quartett (Switzerland, Russia, Poland)    
Rostislav Kojevnikov, Barbara Kustuer, Jusyna Sliwa & Andreas Muller
Semi-finals

Attacca Quartet (USA, Japan)        
Amy Schroeder, Keiko Tokunaga, Gillian Gallagher & Andrew Yee
2nd Round

Bela Quartet (USA, Taiwan)        
Benjamin Thacher, Rita Wang, Paul Laraia & Michael Katz
2nd Round

Callino Quartet (Ireland, United Kingdom, Austria)     
Sarah Sexton, Michaela Girardi, Rebecca Jones & Sarah McMahon
2nd Prize

Cecilia String Quartet (Canada)      
Sarah Nematallah, Min-Jeong Koh, Caitlin Boyle & Rebecca Wenham
2nd Round

Heath Quartet (United Kingdom, South-Africa)      
Oliver Heath, Rebecca Eves, Gary Pomeroy & Christopher Murray
1st Prize

Pavão Quartet (United Kingdom, Portugal)      
Kerenza Peacock, Jenny Sacha, Natalia Gomes & Bryony James
Semi-finals

Rusquartet (Russia)         
Anna Snezhia, Anna Yanchishina, Ksenia Zhvleva & Alexandra Negodaeva
Semi-finals

Final results of the TROMP Competion 2008



First Prize: HEATH QUARTET
- €20.000, and:
- An all-inclusive residence position at the Banff Centre (Banff, AB, Canada) in 2009
- Numerous concert engagements
- Professional CD recording, made possible by Stichting Dioraphte
- A recording for Dutch Radio 4, made possible by KRO Radio 4

Second Prize: CALLINO QUARTET
- €12.000, and:
- A residence position at the Orlando Festival, The Netherlands
- Concerts engagements

Third Prize: AMARYLLIS QUARTETT
- €7.000, and:
- Concert engagements

Willem Vos Prize: HEATH QUARTET
(For the best interpretation of a composition by a Dutch composer in the second round)
- €1.000, and:
- A performance at November Music, the most prominent contemporary music festival of The Netherlands

Friends' of TROMP Audience Award: HEATH QUARTET
€2.500

Press Prize: AMARYLLIS QUARTETT
€2.000

Youth Jury Prize: HEATH QUARTET

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