IX International Quartet Academy -Vic 2025
For five days, from Monday 14 to Friday 18 July, the city of Vic will once again become an International point of reference for the study and deepening of the string quartet specialty, but also of other string ensembles with different instruments, such as trios or quintets, among others. The classes will be given by ABEL TOMÀS, an internationally renowned performer and pedagogue and member of the Quartet Casals, and the QUARTET GERHARD, a young Catalan ensemble of international renown that will work with string quartets and other string ensembles with various instruments from music schools and conservatories.
In both cases, the repertoire to be worked on will be freely chosen by each participating ensemble. For this edition, special consideration will be given to the figure of Eduard Toldrà, who will head the Clàssica Jove 2025.
As a result of this immersion, on Friday 18 July at 8 p.m., a concert open to the public will be offered by the winning ensembles of the 2025 Academy Flama Award (location to be determined).
The ensembles that will have trained with the Quartet Gerhard will give a concert on the evening of Friday 18 July in the Sala Joan Anglada.
Other musical interventions by the participating groups will also be programmed in different venues in the city of Vic and a lecture about Eduard Toldrà (speaker to be determined), top of the bill at the Clàssica Jove 2025, during the days of the Vic 2025 International Quartet Academy.
For the third consecutive year, the Quartet Academy, together with Federació de Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya, announces that La Flama Award, aimed at participating ensembles with more than two years’ experience, at least one of whose members was born or trained in Catalonia.
Gerard Claret, artistic direction and coordination
LA FLAMA award
La Flama, from the Vic Quartet Academy and the Federació de Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya, aims to rekindle the first drive given to new Catalan chamber ensembles.
With the support of Gerard Claret and the Federació de Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya, the teachers of the Quartet Academy, Abel Tomàs and the Quartet Gerhard, will chose, each in his category, the ensemble with the best outlook and growth potential from among those participating in the Quartet Academy. The organisation reserves the right to declare the prize void. If this should happen, the jury may award two prizes for the same category.
The prize will consist of a first presentation concert at the Petit Palau of the Palau de la Música Catalana in November 2025 and the inclusion in the Xarxa de Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya 2026-2027, which will allow the winning ensembles to perform throughout the country.
Consult the award rules at this link.
