Takacs Quartet, USA

I sit 43. år er Takács-kvartetten fortsat berømt for vitaliteten af sine fortolkninger og har bl.a. høstet adskillige priser, inklusiv en Grammy, for deres komplette indspilning af Beethovens strygekvartetter.  Kvartetten blev dannet i 1975 på Franz Liszt-akademiet i Budapest og er i dag tilknyttet Boalder College, Colorado, USA. I Europa i 2017-2018-sæsonen vender ensemblet tilbage til Londons Wigmore Hall, til Aarhus Musikforening, Wien, Rheingau Festival og Edinburgh Festival. Ved koncerten i Aarhus spiller de kvartetter af Mozart, Shostakovich og Brahms.

The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and András Fejér, while all four were students. It first received international attention in 1977, winning First Prize and the Critics’ Prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. The Quartet also won the Gold Medal at the 1978 Portsmouth and Bordeaux Competitions and First Prizes at the Budapest International String Quartet Competition in 1978 and the Bratislava Competition in 1981. The Quartet made its North American debut tour in 1982. Violinist Edward Dusinberre joined the Quartet in 1993 and violist Roger Tapping in 1995. Violist Geraldine Walther replaced Mr. Tapping in 2005. In 2001 the Takács Quartet was awarded the Order of Merit of the Knight’s Cross of the Republic of Hungary, and in March of 2011 each member of the Quartet was awarded the Order of Merit Commander’s Cross by the President of the Republic of Hungary.

Foto: Keith Saunders.

Arrangør: Aarhus Musikforening