Pacific Quartet Vienna honored
Eszter Major and Sarah Weilenmann form the Pacific Quartet Vienna together with Yuta Takase and Chin-Ting Huang. At the beginning of March, they won first prize in the string quartet category together with the Abel Quartet.
The 6th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition took place from February 28 to March 4. Following a pre-selection process, a total of seven string trios and six string quartets from all over the world took part in the competition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In the string quartet category, the Pacific Quartet Vienna and the Abel Quartet were each awarded first prize. In addition, the Pacific Quartet Vienna won further prizes, namely the prize for the best interpretation of a composition by Joseph Haydn and the audience prize in the string quartet category.
The Pacific Quartet Vienna was founded in November 2006. In addition to its concert activities, it promotes cultural exchange between Japan and Austria and Switzerland respectively. Here, for example, it will be performing on March 27 at 7.30 pm in the Lavatersaal in Zurich or on June 3 as part of the Dachkammer concerts in the Violin making school Brienz.
