+ Special award of 1.000 Euros for the best interpretation of an EARLY CLASSIC work sponsored by the NEW LISZT FOUNDATION.

Founded in Vienna in 2022, the Motus Quartet is currently studying there with Johannes Meissl at the University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw). The members are Tim Pieter De Vries (violin), Karla Križ (violin), Erin Carter Pitts (viola) and Domonkos Peter Hartmann (cello). At the mdw International Summer Academy in 2023, it was awarded the Artis Quartet Prize and the Wiener Klassik Prize. In April 2023, the Motus Quartet made its debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus. In March 2024, it made its debut at the Wiener Musikverein and in October 2024 at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Further concerts have taken the ensemble to Taiwan, Tunisia, the USA, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. For the 2024/25 season, performances are planned in Great Britain, France and India, among other places.

More information: https://www.wienmodern.at/2023-bio-motus-quartett-de-8266

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Formed in Frankfurt am Main in 2018, the Malion Quartet has already won prizes and awards at the German Music Competition, the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and the International String Quartet Competition of the Irene Steels-Wilsing Foundation. The members are Alex Jussow (violin), Miki Nagahara (violin), Lilya Tymchyshyn (viola) and Bettina Kessler (cello). The ensemble has performed at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Kölner Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall London, Izumi Hall Osaka and the Cité de la musique in Paris, among others. This was followed by invitations to the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker and Podium Esslingen.

Website: https://malionquartett.com/en

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In 2021, the year it was founded in Mainz, the Davidoff Trio was named the winner of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition. The members are Johannes Wendel (violin), Christoph Lamprecht (cello) and Yona Sophia Jutzi (piano). Since then, the trio has pursued an active concert career throughout Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and has performed at festivals such as the Brixen Classics Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Festival Musikdorf Ernen and the Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden. In 2024, the trio won 3rd prize at the International Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award in Lugano (Switzerland). The musicians are currently studying for their Master's in Chamber Music at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen with Prof. Thomas Hoppe.

Website: https://www.davidofftrio.de/

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Special prize of 1.000 Euros for being a particularly talented ensemble, sponsored by the NEW LISZT FOUNDATION

Trio Sheliak was founded in Florence in 2019 and immediately established itself on the chamber music international scene with numerous prizes, competitions and awards, including the Third Prize of the Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award 2024, the Farulli Prize in the Abbiati Prize 2024, the Alberto Burri Prize 2023, the Luigi Nono Prize 2023 (with special prize for contemporary music) and the Filippo Nicosia Prize 2022. The Trio is part of the Le Dimore del Quartetto network, from which it was also awarded as Ensemble of the Year 2022, and it has also been selected by the European Chamber Music Academy as an Aspirant Ensemble.

Website: https://www.triosheliak.com/en/

Special prize of 1.000 Euros for the best interpretation of a work composed after 1970 sponsored by the NEW LISZT FOUNDATION

Formed in London in 2019, the Paddington Trio won first prize at the 70th Royal Overseas League String and Piano Ensemble Competition. This was followed by 1st prize at the Triomphe de l'Art competition and at the Storioni Concours 2024. The trio also won the Parkhouse Award at Wigmore Hall 2023, the Audience Award at the Schiermonnikoog Festival 2023 and the NEW FORMATS Project Prize 2022. As alumni of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the musicians are currently Ensemble-in-Residence at the Reina Sofia International Institute of Chamber Music.

Website: https://www.paddingtontrio.com/