All aizuri-quartet articles
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BlogsOcean’s Call: Nature’s sublime beauty heard through the lens of a string quartet
Daniel Temkin outlines how the string quartet provides the perfect palette of sound colour for his Californian landscape-inspired work, ‘Ocean’s Call’
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NewsAizuri Quartet to disband after thirteen years
The quartet’s final performance will take place on 25 April, as part of the Music for Food series benefiting the homeless and hungry
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ReviewConcert review: Aizuri Quartet, Kim Kashkashian (viola) Marcy Rosen (cello)
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of Reena Esmail, Shulamit Ran, Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann at the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, on 24 March 2024
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #90: on the road with the Aizuri Quartet
With a busy touring season, how do the players cope with learning lots of repertoire, rehearsing with limited time and being away from home? Violinist Emma Frucht shares the group’s strategies
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NewsAizuri Quartet announces two new members
Violist Brian Hong and cellist Caleb van der Swaagh join the ensemble in time for its upcoming season
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NewsViolist and cellist to leave Aizuri Quartet
Ayane Kozasa and Karen Ouzounian will be leaving to pursue new opportunities this year
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ReviewConcert review: Aizuri Quartet
Aizuri Quartet Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center 12 February 2023 A Clara Schumann song, ‘Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen’ (I Stood Darkly Dreaming), arranged by Karen Ouzounian – cellist of the Aizuri Quartet – began this programme exploring the subject of darkness to sunrise. And, with ...
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NewsClassical Grammy nominations announced
String players among this year’s nominations include Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Christina Day Martinson and the Kronos, Aizuri, and Danish quartets
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VideoThe Aizuri Quartet perform Beethoven's Grosse Fuge
In this video, filmed on 1 December 2017 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Aizuri Quartet perform Beethoven’s op.133 Grosse Fuge. The Aizuri Quartet, which just won the $100,000 M-Prize competition, is string quartet in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 2017/18 season.
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NewsWinners named at $100,000 M-Prize Chamber Music Competition
New York based Aizuri Quartet takes grand prize at University of Michigan School of Music competition
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ArticleAizuri Quartet takes top string quartet prize at Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
The US group, which won third prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, receives JPY 3m (£20,700) for its Osaka win
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NewsFrench Van Kuijk Quartet wins 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition
The London venue’s triennial competition is open to international quartets ‘of the highest calibre’ under the age of 35
