Former SDSU String Quartet Wins Big in Bordeaux
Cecilia String Quartet captured two prizes while participating in an international music competition.
The Cecilia String Quartet, former Joseph Fisch/Joyce Axelrod Resident String Quartet at San Diego State University, captured two prizes at the 2010 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.
For the Prix de la Sacem (for best performance of the commissioned work by Gilbert Amy), the quartet received 5,000 euros. In addition, they were given a bottle of wine, a Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 2001 magnum. It is one of the region's finest, and the quartet was excited to receive such a special prize and lovely reminder of their time in Bordeaux.
About Cecilia String Quartet
The all-female Cecilia quartet won the 2007 Galaxie Rising Stars award in Canada and took second prize at the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. The quartet currently resides in Toronto, Canada, where they will be quartet-in-residence at the Royal Conservatory of Music for the 2010-2011 season.
