{"id":15904,"date":"2023-05-10T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15904"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T19:01:51","slug":"takacs-quartet","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/event\/takacs-quartet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tak\u00e1cs Quartet\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the Event<\/h3>\n

As the world-renowned Tak\u00e1cs Quartet enters its 49th season, the ensemble is excited to bring a new work written for the quartet by Phoenix composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, a co-commission from nine major U.S. concert series. Quartet members Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard O\u2019Neill (viola), and Andr\u00e1s Fej\u00e9r (cello)\u00a0will perform Ngwenyama\u2019s <\/span>The Natural World<\/span><\/i>, bookended by Haydn\u2019s String Quartet in B Flat, op. 76 no. 4, \u201cSunrise\u201d and Beethoven\u2019s String Quartet no. 8 in E Minor,\u00a0op. 59, no. 2, a glorious slow movement composed while Beethoven contemplated the starry night sky.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-commissioners of the Ngwenyama work include lead commissioner Cal Performances (University of California, Berkeley), Shriver Hall Concert Series (Baltimore), 92nd Street Y (New York City), University of Michigan, Friends of Chamber Music (Portland, Oregon), The Broad Stage (Santa Monica, California), Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Celebrity Series of Boston, Capital Region Classical (Albany, New York).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tak\u00e1cs Quartet will release two Hyperion albums this year, featuring works by Coleridge-Taylor, Dvor\u00e1k, and Schubert. The Tak\u00e1cs will also return to the ensemble\u2019s Hungarian roots by playing cycles of the complete Bart\u00f3k quartets. As associate artists at the Wigmore Hall, London, the Tak\u00e1cs will continue its series of four concerts, featuring amongst other works, Stephen Hough\u2019s 2021 quartet for the Tak\u00e1cs and piano quintets by Florence Price and Dvor\u00e1k\u2014the latter pieces part of a concert\/recording project with pianist Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin. Other international destinations include Berlin, Geneva, and the Adam International Chamber Music Festival in New Zealand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sponsors<\/h3>\n

World Class Partner<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Presenting Sponsor<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dayton Fowler Grafman Endowment for Classical Music<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In its 49th season, the world-renowned Tak\u00e1cs Quartet will perform The Natural World<\/i>, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, alongside compositions from Haydn and Beethoven.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[16,307,34],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15904"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=15904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}