CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition

In memory of Pamela Majaro

2024 Competition

We’re delighted to announce this year’s winners:
First Prize ⋅ Lark Trio from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Second Prize ⋅ Kaja Piano Trio from Royal College of Music
Audience Prize ⋅

To vote for the audience prize, please follow this link.

Details of our 2025 competition will be announced soon.

The origins of the present intercollegiate chamber music competition go back to the Gerard Heller Memorial Quartet Fund, founded and endowed in 1961 by Rosemary Rapaport in memory of her husband, Gerard Heller. Gerard was an amateur pianist with a passion for chamber music, particularly string quartets, hosting many concerts in his home, including the Griller Quartet's first performance in Manchester. Rosemary was a violinist who studied and subsequently taught at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1962, along with her friend Irene Foster, she established the Purcell School.

In 2012 the competition was given a fresh endowment by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. String quartets now alternate annually with piano trios to compete for the prizes.

The competition was dedicated to one of CAVATINA's two founders, Pamela Majaro, who sadly died in February 2016.

CAVATINA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Laurie & Gillian Marsh Charitable Trust in making the competition possible.