Spirea quartet is Orpheus winner
This year, the Orpheus Competition has once again chosen the best chamber music ensembles from the various Swiss music academies. As in the previous year, the winner was a string quartet: the Spirea Quartet from Basel.
Second prize went to the Trio Chagall and third to the Trio Zeitgeist, all from the FHNW. The Helix Trio from the FHNW, the Quatuor Amapola from the HEM and the Opus Five Quintet from the FHNW also received awards. 18 ensembles presented themselves.
The winners will perform at the Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden next year, which will focus on the Orpheus winners (September 8 to 17, 2023). Individual ensembles will also have the opportunity to perform at the Musikdorf Ernen festival, the Zurich Guild Concerts and the Piano Trio Festival in Bern.
In addition to the opportunity to perform, the top three winners will receive prizes of 5000, 3000 and 2000 Swiss francs and the opportunity to commission a new Swiss composer, financed by the Pro Helvetia cultural foundation, whose work will be premiered at the Adelboden festival.
