Colorado-based Takács Quartet brings its beloved Hungarian flair back to Vancouver, December 5
Friends of Chamber Music concert lineup features works by Haydn, Bartók, and Schubert
Takács Quartet. Photo by Amanda Tipton
Friends of Chamber Music present the Takács Quartet at the Vancouver Playhouse on December 5 at 7:30 pm
FOLLOWING A MASTERFUL Vancouver concert this February, the Takács Quartet is bringing its Hungarian flair back to the city in another Friends of Chamber Music performance on December 5.
Violinists Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist András Fejér are now entering their 49th season as a quartet. Fejér is an original member of the group, which he founded in 1975 when he was a student at Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy along with Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, and Gabor Ormai.
On the brink of their golden anniversary, the musicians continue to deliver the impeccable elegance and energy they have long been known for. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the group travels the world, with performances this season scheduled across Europe and North America, and in New Zealand.
The Friends of Chamber Music concert’s versatile lineup opens with Joseph Haydn’s cheerful String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”, transitions into Béla Bartók’s uniquely structured String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, and concludes with Franz Schubert’s mysterious String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887.
The Takács Quartet has served as artists-in-residence at the University of Colorado Boulder since the ’80s, where it now runs a yearly graduate quartet residency program in collaboration with the university’s string faculty.
The four musicians are also associate artists at London’s Wigmore Hall this year, where they are performing four concerts throughout the season. The diverse lineups range from modern-day British composer Stephen Hough to the classical and romantic works of Schubert and Beethoven.
More details on the Takács Quartet’s upcoming Vancouver Playhouse show are at Friends of Chamber Music.
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