The International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg (ICMC Hamburg) is a chamber music competition for String Quartet

String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

 and Piano Trio

Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...

 in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

/Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, from September 18–27, 2009 and once every three years thereafter. Director of the International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg is Prof. Niklas Schmidt who is teaching cello at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and was one of the founders of the former Trio Fontenay

Trio Fontenay

The Trio Fontenay was a German classical music piano trio, who performed worldwide and recorded much of the significant piano trio repertoire between the years 1980 and 2006.-Formation:...

. Project leader of the competition is the cultural manager Jan Wulf.

Venues

• Rolf-Liebermann-Studio des Norddeutschen Rundfunks (NDR)
• Forum der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
• Mozartsaal im Logenhaus Hamburg

External links

• The official website of the International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg