Students at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest formed the Takács Quartet in 1975, and soon won prizes at major European competitions. Awards have since included the Wigmore Hall Medal, induction into Gramophone's first Hall of Fame, a Grammy, and the Order of Merit of the Knight's Cross of the Republic of Hungary.

All the players are members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and agree that "we enjoy playing in the orchestra tremendously. However, we like to expand this joy by playing together in a small ensemble as well. Not only is the repertoire of a small ensemble different, we also feel that chamber music is more personal and intimate. It is refreshing to get to know our colleagues in the orchestra better while working together in Camerata RCO....The energy that results from these concerts is what inspires us most."

As Strings Magazine observed after this “young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker) won every prize at the Banff Competition, received an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and was named a Cleveland Quartet Award-winner, the Dover Quartet’s ascent to chamber music’s uppermost firmament has been “practically meteoric.” The Dover Quartet, whose name pays tribute … Continue reading CANCELED: Dover Quartet →

Its name is a tribute to its original home, an amalgam of California and doré, which is French for “golden,” as in the Golden State. Within two years of its founding at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, the Calidore String Quartet won grand prizes in virtually every U.S. chamber music competition (including … Continue reading CANCELED: Calidore String Quartet →

BBC Music Magazine noted that “The Pražák Quartet's...playing is not only dramatic, but astonishingly beautiful...These are truly remarkable performances which stand with the very finest."

A reviewer for The Globe & Mail wrote that “ audience just stayed put, unwilling or unable to leave … I’ve never quite seen anything like it.”

The stellar musicians in this trio shine equally brightly. Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han are the music directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; violinist Philip Setzer is a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, as was David Finckel. “Their ensemble is seamless,” said the Washington Post. In addition to … Continue reading CANCELED: David Finckel, Wu Han, and Philip Setzer →