Winner of the 2nd International Chamber Music Competition “Cidade de Alcobaça”, held between April 10 and April 15, 2011, was Simantra Grupo de Percussão (Senior Category), 1stPrize in the Junior Category was not awarded: Duo Liz won 2nd Prize.
The classification was ordered as it follows:
Senior Category
1st Place: Simantra Grupo de Percussão: Fernando Chaib (Percussion), Ricardo Monteiro (Percussion), Leandro Teixeira (Percussion).
2nd Place: Trio Anès: Sae Lee (Piano), Ryoko Yano (Violin), Seok-Woo Yoon (Cello).
3rd Place: Trio Musicalis: Mario Pérez (Violin), Francisco Escoda (Clarinet), Eduardo Raimundo (Piano).
Honorable Mention: Trio Pessoa: Otto Pereira (Violin), Raquel Reis (Cello), João Crisóstomo (Piano).
Junior Category
1st Place: Not awarded.
2nd Place: Duo Liz: Eva Mendonça (Flauta), Ricardo Pereira (Guitarra).
3rd Place: Trio Densité: Mafalda Carvalho (Flauta Transversal), Samuel Marques (Clarinete, Clarinete Baixo), Laura Felício (Piano).
Honorable Mention: Trio com Piano do Conservatório Nacional: Bárbara Costa (Piano), Sílvia Martins (Violino), Pedro Silva(Violoncelo).
The jury was comprised of names such as Antonio Rosa (Artistic Director), Hugo Assunção, Pedro Burmester, Alexandre Delgado, António Oliveira, Luís Fernando Pérez Hererro (Escuela Superior Reina Sofia, Madrid) e Gunter Pfitzenmaier (Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik, Kalsruhe).
The Awards Ceremony and Winners Concert took place on April 15 at Cine-Teatro de Alcobaça – João d’Oliva Monteiro.