From June, 9 till June, 30th Rusquartet with its full complement was in Canada, Banff-Center, passing training on master-classes the Banff Centre. Also the collective has acted in with a concert, having executed Beethoven’s 15th quartet. 24 Anna Yanchishina and Ksenia Zhuleva have returned to Moscow, and Anna Snezhina and Alexandra Negodaeva have continued training, having taken part in a series of the concerts spent by the Banff Cultural Centre.

Performance schedule:
Recital Round — Wednesday, August 29, 2:00 p.m.

• Haydn, Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 «Lark»
• Bartók, Quartet No. 4

Romantic Round — Thursday, August 30, 10:30 a.m.

• Borodin, String Quartet No.1 in A major

Canadian Commission Round — Friday, August 31, 10:30 a.m.

• Kelly-Marrie Murphy, «Dark Energy»

Beethoven or Schubert Round — Saturday, September 1, 7:30 p.m.

• Beethoven, Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 «Serioso»

History of The Banff Centre:
Founded in 1933 by the University of Alberta, Department of Extension, with a grant from the U.S.-based Carnegie Foundation, The Banff Centre began with a single course in drama. Its success generated additional arts programs and the Centre became known as The Banff School of Fine Arts in 1935. While arts programming continued to grow and flourish, conferences were introduced in 1953 and management programs in 1954.

In 1970, to acknowledge the broader educational role of the school as well as its move toward a centre of experiment and innovation, it was renamed The Banff Centre for Continuing Education (The Banff Centre for short). In 1978, Alberta government legislation granted The Banff Centre full autonomy as a non-degree granting educational institution under the governance of an appointed board.

In the mid-1990s, The Banff Centre, along with most public institutions in Alberta, sustained cuts to its operating grant. The Centre responded in an entrepreneurial way and launched a successful capital campaign (The Creative Edge) to raise funds for state-of-the-art revenue generating conference facilities, as well as a new Music & Sound complex. The new facilities opened in 1996, the same year the Centre’s fourth division, Mountain Culture programming, was created. A few years later, in 1999, The Banff Centre was recognized as a National Training Institute by the federal government and was awarded $3 million over three years for artistic training programs.

Today in the 21st century, the Centre continues its role as a catalyst for creativity. A globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility, The Banff Centre is a leader in the development and promotion of creative work in the arts, sciences, business, and the environment.

Rusquartet on the Banff International String Quartet Competition

Rusquartet on the CBC Radio Canada

Завершился 9-й межународный конкурс Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC). В этом году этот самый авторитетный конкурс струнных квартетов мира впервые пригласил коллектив из России. Также в конкурсе приняли участие коллективы из США, Австралии, Японии и Европы.

Rusquartet принял участие в конкурсе Banff International String Quartet Competition, проходившем в Калгари, Канада. Конкурс проходил с 28 августа по 2 сентября.