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11th Bordeaux International Competition

May 19 to 25, 2025 - Free entry to all rounds

  • Competition
  • Concours

First round – 19 and 20 May 2025

  • Monday 19 May | 15:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Tuesday 20 May | 15:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Competition

Semi finals – 22 et 23 May 2025

  • Thursday 22 May | 13:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Friday 23 May | 15:30
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Competition

Final – 24 May 2025

  • Saturday 24 May | 15:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Competition
  • Concert
  • Concours

Concert & Ceremony Closing The Competition

  • Sunday 25 May | 17:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Competition
  • Concert

Concert of the Semi-finalists

  • Sunday 25 May | 15:00
    Cour Mably

Vibre ! 2025 program

Vibre ! invites you to discover the world of the string quartet through a series of concerts.

Program
  • Opening Concert

Quatuor Ébène

  • Saturday 17 May | 20:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Concert

Anne Queffélec & The Great Masters of String Quartet

  • Wednesday 21 May | 20:00
    Château Cheval Blanc (Saint-Émilion)
  • Concert

Quatuor Modigliani

  • Thursday 22 May | 20:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • Film-concert

Film-concert : Lakmé Quartet – “Le Criquet”

  • Wednesday 21 May | 17:00
    Théâtre des Quatre Saisons

Discover the secrets of violin making

  • Monday 19 May | 15:00
  • Tuesday 20 May | 15:00
  • Thursday 22 May | 13:00
  • Friday 23 May | 15:30
  • Saturday 24 May | 15:00
    Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux
  • "Vibre Ensemble"

Vibre Ensemble” concert – Hôpital Saint-André

  • Wednesday 21 May | 14:00
    Cour de l’hôpital Saint-André
  • Round table / Meeting

Meet the composer Kryštof Mařatka

  • Saturday 24 May | 11:00
    Private: La Machine à Musique
  • Round table / Meeting

Round table with C.L.A.C. luthiers

  • Sunday 25 May | 23:00
    La Philomathique de Bordeaux

Actualités

The winners are…

the 24 May 2025

The 2025 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition has come to an end. After a period full of emotion, hard work, and joy, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 11th edition of the Vibre! Competition: Congratulations to Opus13, a Norwegian-Swedish quartet, for winning: the 1st Grand Prize, the Contemporary Piece Prize, the Young […]

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Interview with the Quatuor Modigliani

the 29 April 2025

The 11th edition of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition Vibre ! begins in two weeks, and the Modigliani Quartet sat down for an interview to share all the exciting details with you.   What does the Modigliani Quartet have planned for 2025? This year promises to be a very busy one for our Quartet, […]

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Discover the 10 selected quartets!

the 10 February 2025

Here are the 10 quartets selected for the 11th edition of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2025. A huge thank you to all the quartets that submitted their application. We are delighted to reveal the names of the 10 quartets selected to compete in this prestigious competition. The pre-selection committee, made up of: Marie […]

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Applications are now closed !

the 14 January 2025

Registration for the competition is now closed. Many thanks to the 33 quartets – 132 musicians from 5 continents – for their participation. Among them, 73 women and 59 men of 32 different nationalities have applied. Join us on February 7 to discover the 10 quartets selected to take part in the competition!

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Leonkoro Quartet

Awards for the 2022 edition of the Competition

the 27 June 2022

First Grand Prize, Audience Award and Young Audience Award Leonkoro Quartet   Second Prize and Prize for Contemporary Work Chaos String Quartet   Third Prize Barbican Quartet   By winning the First Grand Prize as well as the Audience Prize and the Young Audience Prize, the Leonkoro Quartet, from Germany, was able to seduce both […]

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Competition

Applications open for the 11th Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2025 - Deadline: 10 January 2025

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Quatuors à Bordeaux alternates between Vibre ! Festival (2023) and an International String Quartet Competition (2025).

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