Melbourne quartet wins city’s international competition
NewsThe Affinity Quartet, formed in Melbourne, has been awarded the Monash University Grand Prize ($30,000), the Robert Salzer Foundation String Quartet 1st Prize ($30,000) and the Audience Prize for String Quartet ($8,000) at the Melbourne International String Quartet Competition.
The jury, which used to represent world-leading quartets, has become increasingly insular and hemispheric. This year’s judges were: Kirsten Dawes, Lukas Hagen, Louise Hopkins, Hsin-Yun Huang, Amandine Savary, Timo-Veikko Valve and Wilma Smith (Musica Viva Australia’s Artistic Director of Competitions).
The winning quartet consists of Josephine Chung and Nicholas Waters, violins; Ruby Shirres, viola; Mee Na Lojewski, cello.
Yes, I was expecting a nasty carping comment from NL. It was a put up job was it from a hometown jury. Bah. Stuff and nonsense. They clearly deserved to win.