Event: Takács Quartet
Date: Sunday, October 30, at 4 p.m., and Monday, October 31, at 7:30 p.m.
Program:
JANÁČEK: Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major
DVOŘÁK: Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass in G Major, Opus 77/B.49
Location: Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, 18th and Euclid Ave., Boulder
Admission: Single tickets $35. Call 303-492-8008 for information or visit www.cupresents.org
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TAKÁCS QUARTET PLAYS WITH PAUL ERHARD, DOUBLE BASS
"It's supreme music making, however you look at it." -- The Guardian Paul Erhard, CU-Boulder Associate  Professor of Double Bass, joins the Takács quartet for the Takács Chamber and Encore Series on Sunday, October 30 and Monday October 31, 2011. The concert features Leos Janáček's first string quartet, "Intimate Letters," Maurice Ravel's fiery String Quartet in F Major and Antonín Dvořák 's Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass in G Major. Performances are in Grusin Music Hall on Sunday, October 30 at 4 p.m. and Monday, October 31 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information is available online by visiting www.cupresents.org or by calling the CU Presents Box Office at 303-492-8008. Takács Quartet Website
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About the Takács Quartet
Takács Quartet members are Edward Dusinberre, violin; Károly Schranz, violin; Geraldine Walther, viola; and András Fejér, cello. The quartet has been in residence at the University of Colorado College of Music since 1983; its members were given permanent faculty appointments in 1986. They have recently performed at the Aspen, Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals and toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. The Quartet was awarded the prestigious Gramophone Award in the "Best Chamber Music Performance" category in 1997 and in 2002. In 2000, they received a Grammy nomination for their recording of Schubert's "Trout Quintet." In 2003 the quartet received a Grammy Award in the "Best Chamber Music Performance" category for their recording of Beethoven's string quartets. For more information, visit the Takács Quartet Website.
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Biography
Paul Erhard
Dr. Paul Erhard performs as a soloist and teaches internationally in Europe and Asia, as well as throughout the USA. His solo recitals promote the vocal beauty and richness of the double bass through a unique blend of traditional and contemporary double bass solo repertoire. He has performed as a concerto soloist with orchestras in New York, Colorado, Kansas, and Hawaii. Paul Erhard is the winner of the 1984 Juilliard Double Bass Concerto Competition, performing the Mortari Concerto at Lincoln Center with conductor Isaah Jackson. Frequent chamber music collaborations with wide variety of performers have included Schubert's Trout Quintet with the Takács String Quartet. He has worked extensively as a jazz bassist in New York, Colorado, and Munich, and was a member of the Eastman School of Music Jazz Ensemble I. Paul Erhard is principal double bass of the Boulder Bach Festival, and was principal bass of the Soviet Émigré Orchestra and the Albany Symphony in New York.
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