TRONDHEIM INTL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

23 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2025

Schedule

We are proud that many world-leading ensembles have participation in TICC on their CV. This year's quartets promise to give it their all on stage in the Freemason Hall and several are already prize winners in other international competitions. Now you have the opportunity to experience tomorrow's international chamber music stars live in Trondheim.

Tuesday 23 September - First round

09.30: Quartet KAIRI

10.30: Motus Quartet

11.30: Hesper Quartet

Break

13.30: Modulor Quartet

14.30: Quartet Amistella


Programme
String quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók, Britten, Debussy, Janáček, Ravel, Schumann and Shostakovich.

Free entrance.

Wednesday 24 September - First round

09.30: Quartetto Pegreffi

10.30: Absalon String Quartet

11.30: Quartetto Goldberg

Break

13.30: Monbijou Quartet

14.30: Erinys Quartet

ca. 15.45: Announcement of the second round


Programme
String quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók, Britten, Debussy, Janáček, Ravel, Schumann and Shostakovich.

Free entrance.

Thursday 25 September - Second round

08.45–09.15: Pre-concert talk with Katarina Lindblad in conversation with jury leader Levon Chilingirian.

09.25: Motus Quartet

10.15: Erinys Quartet

11.15: Modulor Quartet

Break

13.00: Monbijou Quartet

13.50: Absalon String Quartet


ca. 15.00: Announcement of the finalists

Programme:

Five unique concert programmes built around works by previous festival composers and TICC commissioned works. Read more.

Free entrance.

MOTUS QUARTET

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2
Allegro moderato (Mvt. 1)
Menuet. Presto (Mvt. 2)

Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 No. 16
Lento assai e cantante tranquillo (Mvt.3)

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Prima Parte: Moderato
Seconda parte: Allegro
Recapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
Coda: Allegro molto

ERINYS QUARTET

Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

Kaija Saariaho: Terra Memoria

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Prima Parte: Moderato
Seconda parte: Allegro
Recapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
Coda: Allegro molto

MODULOR QUARTET

Henry Purcell: Fantasias
No. 6 in F major, Z. 737
No. 8 in D minor, Z. 739

Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in f major, op. 35
Allegro moderato. Très doux
Assez vif. Très rythmé
Très lent
Vif et agité

MONBIJOU QUARTET

Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus IX
Contrapunctus XIV

Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H

Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge Op. 133

ABSALON STRING QUARTET
Ludwig van Beethoven: String quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 ”Serioso”
Allegro con brio (Mvt.1)

Jessie Montgomery: Source Code

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 5
Allegro
Adagio Molto
Scherzo: alle bulgarese
Andante
Finale: Allegro vivace

Saturday 27 September - Finale

Freemason Hall, 17.00

Qualified ensembles, programme and playing order will be updated here after the second round.


Be inspired by three outstanding young string quartets in the final of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. You can help decide the prestigious audience prize.

Free coffee and cake served during the break before the award ceremony!


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PROGRAMME (PLAYING ORDER)

ERINYS QUARTET

Ståle Kleiberg: A Pastoral Elegy (commission)

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat Major, Op. 127
Maestoso – Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
Scherzando vivace
Allegro



MOTUS QUARTET

Ståle Kleiberg: A Pastoral Elegy (commission)

Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 “Death and the Maiden”, Posth. D 810
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro molto – Trio
Presto– Prestissimo

ABSALON STRING QUARTET

Ståle Kleiberg: A Pastoral Elegy (commission)

Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 “Death and the Maiden”, Posth. D 810
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro molto – Trio
Presto– Prestissimo

Not in Trondheim during the competition?
No worries, you can watch our live stream from the second round and Finale on YouTube and Amadeus.tv from anywhere in the world.