Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC)

Watch and Listen

Listen to the Cecilia String Quartet perform Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3, recorded live in Berlin (Konzerthaus), Germany, March 2011, during the Winner’s Tour.

You can also download the recording (right-click on the link).


Concerts from the 2010 Competition are available at CBC Radio’s Concerts on Demand.

CBC Radio 2 is the host broadcaster and media partner of BISQC 2010. From August 29 to September 6, the CBC broadcast team worked in partnership with The Banff Centre’s Audio program to deliver complete competition coverage to listeners across Canada, around the globe, and at cbc.ca/radio2

Videos and performances from the 2007 Banff International String Quartet Competition are also available.

The Banff Centre features music podcasts and lectures on iTunes U.

Radio-Canada’s music radio network Espace musique and the Espace classique Web radio service are media partners with BISQC. Listeners around the globe will also be able to hear the BISQC finals in their entirety on demand for one year after the competition: simply visit Espace classique at Radio-Canada.ca/espaceclassique.

Espace musique