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The Tokyo String Quartet Will Bid Farewell. April 20, 2012 • One of the world's top string quartets has decided that next season will be its last as an ensemble. Hear some of their exemplary ...
Lots of legends were spawned in 1969: Broadway Joe Namath earned a ring in Superbowl III, the Woodstock Festival put an Aquarian spin on the concert experience, and Neil Armstrong ...
$35-$25, $15 advance students with IDs. There will also be a limited number of $5 tickets made available to students and anyone age 25 and younger. announced this season would be its last. As part ...
It's time to say goodbye: After more than 40 years, the members of Tokyo String Quartet have decided they will disband at the end of the 2012-13 season. Several months ago, the group had announced ...
At the end of the current concert season, the quartet will disband. Formed in 1969 by four Japanese string players, the Tokyo Quartet soon became a force to be reckoned with in chamber music ...
In town for the City of London Festival, the Tokyo String Quartet tell Michael Church about life in a foursome. It's the least forgiving of ensembles, with an ever-changing dynamic.
It was a pleasure, therefore, to hear the Tokyo String Quartet perform Schumann’s A Minor Quartet (Op. 41, No. 3) Sunday evening in the season’s final Shriver Hall Concert Series.
When the sole remaining founder of the Tokyo String Quartet, Kazuhide Isomura, announced his intention to retire along with second violinist, Kikuei Ikeda, the two remaining players began to ...
When it comes to string quartet culture on Santa Barbara’s concert calendar, the bar is set high. In any given season, and during the summer flowering of the Music Academy of the West’s stellar ...
The Tokyo String Quartet came to the Southland on Wednesday with a new first violinist and a new work. The first bit of news can cause undue concern. A quartet is a complicated ensemble that ...
Entertainment; On its farewell tour, Tokyo String Quartet to play Syracuse 38 years after first concert. Published: ; Sep. 27, 2012, 10:13 a.m.
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Beethoven finished his String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132, in A Minor ...