MUSICA VIVA STRIKE A CHORD COMPETITION
FLINDERS QUARTET MENTORSHIP PRIZE WINNERS
Eureka Quartet & Cousin Quartet (2020-21)
Pirulí Quartet (2021-22)
Piccolo Quartet (2022-23)
The Flinders Quartet Mentorship Prize is presented as part of Musica Viva Australia’s annual Strike a Chord competition and offers mentoring, performance opportunities and career guidance to our nation’s top young string quartets. Each year, FQ awards a unique suite of activities to the most deserving quartet. In 2023, we will take the Piccolo Quartet from NSW on tour with us to play the much loved Mendelssohn Octet together.
PICCOLO STRING QUARTET - 2022 winners of the Strike a Chord Flinders Quartet Mentorship Prize
Established in 2019, the Piccolo Quartet performed for the Galston Concert, Bendigo Chamber Music Festival and ANAM in 2022.
Under the tutelage of Fox Chan, the group has been given opportunity to work with amazing musicians such as Wilma Smith, Amir Farid, David Elton, Sophie Rowell, Tim Young, David Thomas, David Dalseno and Susan Blake.
All members are students from the Rising Stars Program of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Not only are the members devoted chamber musicians but also accomplished soloists, scholarship recipients, prizewinners of local & international competitions.
Their members are deeply passionate about music and are looking forward to sharing their performance with you all.
Musica Viva Australia photography by James Grant