At the end of the current concert season, the quartet will disband. Formed in 1969 by four Japanese string players, the Tokyo Quartet soon became a force to be reckoned with in chamber music, through ...

Into the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday night, the Tokyo String Quartet carried with it not only the question that dogs all legendary quartets – does it still have it? – but the extra burden of ...

When it comes to string quartet culture on Santa Barbara’s concert calendar, the bar is set high. In any given season, and during the summer flowering of the Music Academy of the West’s stellar ...

Lots of legends were spawned in 1969: Broadway Joe Namath earned a ring in Superbowl III, the Woodstock Festival put an Aquarian spin on the concert experience, and Neil Armstrong placed his foot on ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Yale School of Music announced yesterday that two members of the Tokyo String Quartet, which ...

played Monday night at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall, you had to wonder: Was it the players' awareness that this was one of their final concerts that made for such an intense experience, or ...

The Tokyo String Quartet is one of the premier quartets touring, and its reputation is one reason why, for the Tuesday opening of the 2006-07 Houston Friends of Music season, Rice University's Stude ...

April 20, 2012 • One of the world's top string quartets has decided that next season will be its last as an ensemble. Hear some of their exemplary performances. April 7, 2011 • Japan's vibrant ...