Ciompi Quartet is announced as 2023 Competition Judges

We are excited to announce that the Ciompi Quartet from Duke University will be the judges of the 2023 Chamber Music Competition.

Since its founding in 1965 by the renowned Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi, the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University has delighted audiences and impressed critics around the world. All its members are professors at Duke, where they teach instrumental lessons, coordinate and coach chamber music, and perform across campus in concert halls, libraries, dormitories and classrooms. In a career that spans five continents and includes many hundreds of concerts, the Ciompi Quartet has developed a reputation for performances of real intelligence and musical sophistication, with a warm, unified sound that allows each player’s individual voice to emerge.
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Click here to hear them perform works by Haydn, Beethoven, and contemporary composer Andrew Waggoner. Then come to the Awards Concert on Sunday, May 28 at 4:00 PM at Spivey Hall to hear them live alongside the Competition’s Grand Prize Winners.