Denmark’s Meisl Quartet scooped the first prize of €8,000
The finals of the 14th edition of the Premio Annarosa Taddei International Competition were held on 4 and 5 November 2026. Held at Teatro di Villa Torlonia in Rome, Italy, the competition was open to string quartets, violin and piano duos, cello and piano duos and solo pianists aged 18–32.
This year’s finalists were pianists Vito Saulle and Alessandro Artese, Duo Vianello/Ĉane (violin & piano), Duo Stefanelli/Pantani (cello & piano), Duo Evangelista/Fortunato (cello & piano), Rilke Quartet and Meisl Quartet. Each ensemble or soloist performed a free programme of approximately 50 minutes, including a Beethoven string quartet or sonata.
First prize of €8,000 was awarded to the Meisl Quartet. Second prize of €3,000 went to Duo Stefanelli/Pantani, while joint third prize of €2,000 went to Alessandro Artese and the Rilke Quartet. Vito Saulle received fourth prize of €600.
The Meisl Quartet is from Denmark and comprises Viola Meisl Haarder, Silas Meisl Haarder, Karla Meisl Haarder and Silke Meisl Haarder. It previously won first prize at the Luigi Nono International Chamber Music Competition in 2024.
The jury for this year’s final round comprised Marco Domini, Dejan Bogdanovic, Eugenio De Rosa, Alain Meunier, Luigi Ceci, Soyeon Kim and Filippo Gamba.
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