Zurich Saxophone Quartet and A-Delta Trio win Orpheus Competition
The Zurich Saxophone Quartet of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the A-Delta Trio of the Basel University of Music (FHNW) have won the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition 2025 ex aequo.
A second prize went to the Mars Quartet from the Zurich University of the Arts. The Ensemble Brisae, with students from the Haute école de musique Lausanne and the Lucerne and Basel music academies, was awarded a sponsorship prize. A total of 15 ensembles took part in the competition.
The top three finishers will win prizes of 4000 and 2000 francs. In addition, they can each win one of the Fondation Nicati-de Luce financed composition commission. These three new works will be premiered at the next Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden (September 11-20, 2026). The ensembles will receive further support through a joint workshop with the commissioned composers and the opportunity to take part in a master class in Rheinau.
Since 1974, the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition The Swiss Chamber Music Award recognizes outstanding chamber music ensembles every year. Around 800 award-winners have been supported to date - many of whom now belong to the Swiss, European and global elite.
The prizewinners' concerts always take place as part of the Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden. Other organizers are constantly including Orpheus prize-winning ensembles in their concert series.
