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TAKÁCS QUARTET MEDIA RELEASE
January 8-9, 2012 
December 13, 2011
For Immediate Release 
Event:   Takács Quartet
Date:   Sunday, January 8, at 4 p.m., and Monday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m. 


Program:

BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
G. KERRY: Variations for String Quartet
DEBUSSY: String Quartet, Op. 10 

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  

  

 
TAKÁCS QUARTET PLAYS BRITTEN, KERRY, AND DEBUSSY

"It's supreme music making, however you look at it." 

-- The Guardian

 

The Takács Quartet welcomes the Takács Quartet new year with Takács Chamber and Encore Series concerts on Sunday, January 8 and Monday, January 9. The concert features English composer, Benjamin Britten's "String Quartet No. 3," Debussy's impressionistic "String Quartet, Op. 10," and a 2006 work by Gordon Kerry, "Variations for String Quartet." Performances are in Grusin Music Hall on Sunday, January 8 at 4 p.m. and Monday, January 9 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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