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December 1, 2024

2025 Chamber Music Competition: the archival announcement

The December 2025 competition brought chamber ensembles to the Morgan Library & Museum in New York.

2025 Chamber Music Competition: the archival announcement

Archive note: This announcement was first dated December 2024 and has been updated with the competition result.

The 2025 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition was held December 8–9 in Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum. Both rounds were closed to the public.

The field included string quartets, saxophone quartets, a piano trio and a trio of flute, voice and guitar. Terra String Quartet won the $15,000 first prize, which also included a fully subsidized New York recital and a commissioned work.

The competition archive lists the ensembles, finalists and jury.

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