The Takács Quartet— Edward Dusinberre (Violin), Károly Schranz (Violin), Geraldine Walther (Viola), András Fejér (Cello) — will be returning to Carnegie Hall on Saturday, January 18, for a performance of the work from composer Bela Bartók. The award-winning group, revered for their interpretations of work by Brahms, Mozart, and Schubert, among others, will include odd numbered quartets from the early, middle, and late periods of Bartók’s career.
Born in 1881, Bartók’s compositional achievements were matched by his work as a musical ethnographer, where he worked to preserve and celebrate the traditions of Hungarian folk music. The quartets performed in the program, especially the first and fifth, display the confluence of high and low musical styles.
The Takács Quartet was formed in Budapest in 1975, and made its first North American tour in 1982. Soon after, the group moved to the United States, where they were offered the position as quartet-in-residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Gábor Takács-Nagy, a founding member of the group, left in 1993, but that has not stopped the group from continuing their success worldwide, including their critically acclaimed recording of the Beethoven song cycle.
The Takács Quartet will perform at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, January 18 at 7:30pm.
