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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-13 18:00:42
Takács Quartet Debuts Flow
The renowned Takács Quartet has a zest for new music and unconventional partnerships. They’ve collaborated with bandoneon standout Julien Labro, composer and The National vocalist Bryce Dessner, vocalist Clarice Assad, and actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. For its February 16th Celebrity Series concert at Jordan Hall [tickets HERE], the foursome offers Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Flow sandwiched between Haydn’s “Sunrise” quartet and the second of Beethoven’s Razumovskys. In Flow, Harvard Divinity School graduate Ngwenyama embraces the cosmos…or lets it embrace her. BMInt spoke with her and and Takács violinist Harumi Rhodes. FLE: We first met in 1999 when you gave a super viola recital at Harvard Musical Association. You probably don’t remember the event, but surely the baked beans, Welsh rabbit and ale must have traumatized you. [caption id="attachment_57592" align="alignright" width="425"] Composer and Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama. (Mark Morgan photo)[/caption] NN: I do remember the recital, and the flavor wasn’t bad. Nice to […]
2022-01-29 05:44:00
[…] has been awarded to conductor Alexandra Enyart, who created Witness, an exploration of transgender identity intended to help reduce the staggering percentage of trans people who attempt suicide.More information: https://turnthespotlight.org/--Beth Stewart, Verismo CommunicationsPrinceton University Concerts Begins Spring SeasonAfter 23 long months, Princeton University Concerts (“PUC”) returns to the series’ trademark Concert Classics events, presented annually for 129 years, starting this February 17, 2022 at 7:30PM in a performance featuring the Takács String Quartet with Julien Labro on bandoneón in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The 8-concert spring lineup features many of the world-renowned artists whose concerts were canceled during the past two seasons due to the pandemic. Series Director, Marna Seltzer, says “it is a special joy to be able to gather again in Richardson Auditorium to share the collective energy and life-affirming inspiration that live concerts uniquely provide.For concert schedule and details, visit https://concerts.princeton.edu/events/--Marna Seltzer, Princeton University ConcertsConcerts at Saint […]
2021-06-26 05:30:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 26, 2021
[…] live, in-person format. Although the kinds of gatherings possible on-campus in the coming year is not yet known, PUC is actively working with Princeton University officials to lay the groundwork for a Spring 2022 season. At the core of this season, as it has been for 129 years, is a “Concert Classics” series—featuring many of the world-renowned artists whose concerts were canceled during the past two seasons due to the pandemic:Takács String Quartet & Julien Labro, BandoneónMark Padmore, Tenor* & Mitsuko Uchida, Piano*Mahler Chamber Orchestra* & Mitsuko Uchida, Piano*Ébène String QuartetDover String Quartet*Tetzlaff String Quartet*Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello* & Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano* *Denotes Princeton University Concerts in-person debutPUC looks forward to adding more programming throughout the season as guidance allows, and will release information about accessing tickets over the course of the summer. All planned events will be realized in accordance with concurrent scientific, state, and university guidance, with the safety […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-10-10 08:00:00
World renowned Takács Quartet announces the appointment of violist Richard O'Neill from June 2020, and the retirement of Geri Walther after fifteen remarkable years
[…] uphold the esteemed tradition of the Takács Quartet".Looking aheadIn the first season with O'Neill, the quartet has a busy schedule of concerts which will take them around the globe – performing at major chamber music series throughout North America and Europe followed by a tour to Australia in August 2021. An exciting commission from Music Accord will result in new pieces by Bryce Dessner and Clarice Assad for the Takács and the extraordinary bandoneonist/accordionist Julien Labro. Stephen Hough is writing a new string quartet for the Takács which they will premiere in 2022 and record for Hyperion. The ensemble will also record two contrasting albums for Hyperion. The first features quartets by Alban Berg and Béla Bartók, while the second encompasses the last quartets of Joseph Haydn.Walther's last concert with the Takács will be at the Prague Spring Festival on 22nd May 2020. O'Neill will perform his first concert with […]
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