Takács Quartet A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

In 1975 four students of the Liszt Academy, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gábor Ormai and András Fejér, put their heads together and came up with the Takács Quartet. In 1993 the British musician Edward Dusinberre took the place of first violinist Takács-Nagy, and American Geraldine Walther took over the role of cellist Ormai, although the quartet retained their name and mission. Over the decades they have piled triumph on triumph, and in 2003 they finally collected a long-awaited Grammy for their recording of all Beethoven’s string quartets. This evening’s journey starts off with Mozart’s String Quartet in E flat major dedicated to Haydn, followed by the exciting ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ quartet of Janáček (inspired by a Tolstoy work), before we finally land in the New World and Dvořák’s string quartet that employs American melodies.