13th Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize 

Information about the 2027 Mivos/Kanter Prize is coming soon!

The Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize was established in 2011 to support the work of emerging and mid-career composers and to encourage continued interest in new compositions for string quartet. The winning composer, selected from over one hundred applicants, receives a cash prize and a performance of their work in New York City by the Mivos Quartet.

The Mivos/Kanter Prize is made possible through the generous contributions of Carl Kanter.

Previous Winners:

2011: Felipe Lara, "Corde Vocale"
2012: Chris Fisher-Lochhead, "Dig Absolutely"
2013: Taylor Brook, "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan"
2014: Andrew Greenwald, "a thing is a hole in a thing it is not"
2015: Yvonne Wu, "Utterance"
2016: Matthew Ricketts, "In Partial View"
2017: Jon Yu, "o reche modo”
2018: Alex Huddleston, “I found a few configurations// some stripes”
2019: Peter Kramer, “Mirror Mirror”
2020: Bethany Younge, “Carving Our Wooden Bodies”
2021: Marguerite Brown, “chroai: tetrachords”
2022: Ingrid Laubrock, “Ashes”

Please direct all inquiries to mivoskanterprize@gmail.com