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The Takács Quartet – an exclusive interview from The Strad’s archive, April 1985

2024-09-20T08:52:00

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The Takács Quartet, regarded as one of the world’s greatest string quartets, celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. In this exclusive interview from The Strad’s April 1985 issue, the ensemble’s original line-up spoke about building on their early success

The Takács Quartet, regarded as one of the world’s greatest string quartets, celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. In this exclusive interview from The Strad’s April 1985 issue, the ensemble’s original line-up spoke about building on their early success (they won the inaugural 1980 International String Quartet Competition, now the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition), the challenge of finding good instruments, and the quartet’s new residency in Boulder, Colorado…

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