One of the world’s leading string quartets, the St. Petersburg was founded as the Leningrad Quartet The Quartet blazed a trail through international chamber music competitions, winning First Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition, the Silver Medal and a Special Prize at the Tokyo International Competition of Chamber Ensembles, First Prize and both Special Prizes at the Vittorio Gui International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Florence, Italy, and First Prize and the “Grand Prix Musica Viva” at the International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Melbourne, Australia.

 

The event has been underwritten by generous financial support from Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, the Freeport McMoRan Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the Graham County Community Foundation.

 

 

 

 

last modified: May 2, 2008