Eleventh London International String Quartet Competition 2009

First Prize (£12,000)  - The Danish String Quartet
Donated by The Worshipful Company of Musicians

Second Prize (£7,500)  - Quatuor Voce
Donated by Henry and Suzanne Davis

Third Prize (£4,000)  - Signum Quartet
Donated by GAM

Audience Prize (£1,000)  - Signum Quartet
Donated by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust

Beethoven Prize (£1,000)  - The Danish String Quartet
Donated by an anonymous donor (for the best performance of a Beethoven quartet in the
Semi-Final Round)

Esterhazy Prize (£1,000)  - Quatuor Voce and Signum Quartet (joint)
Donated by Bob and Elizabeth Boas (for the best performance of a Haydn Quartet in the Preliminary Round)

Amadeus Prize (£1,000)  - Quatuor Voce
Donated by an anonymous donor (for the best performance of a Mozart quartet in the Preliminary Round)

Sidney Griller Award (£1,000)  - The Danish String Quartet
Donated by Mr Neill Macdonald (for the best performance of the compulsory piece in the Preliminary Round (Thomas Adès' Arcadiana))

20th Century Prize (£1,000)  - The Danish String Quartet
Donated by Mr & Mrs Stephen Arthur (for the best performance of a work written between 1915-1984 in the Preliminary Round)

Menton Festival Prize (€5,000)  - The Danish String Quartet
Donated by The Friends of Menton Festival
(awarded to the highest ranking Semi-Finalist quartet from Europe none of whose members is over 30)

Schloss Weikersheim Scholarship  - KNUA String Quartet
Donated by Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland
(awarded by the Jury to the quartet they feel would most benefit from the coaching at this International Chamber Music Course)

Finalists were: The Danish String Quartet, Quatuor Voce and Signum Quartet

Semi-Finalists were: Amaryllis Quartet, Ardeo Quartet, The Danish String Quartet, KNUA String Quartet, Quatuor Voce and Signum Quartet