Ludwig van Beethoven and Salman Rushdie were at the center of a concert by the always-inventive American String Quartet last night. With an unusual synchronicity, the audience at the Morgan Library heard words music from the musician and the writer, as well as the composer and the artists.
Read MoreThe American String Quartet’s annual appearance on the Harris Hall stage spanned a range of styles, from the elegant if melancholy Mozart to the overstuffed sofa that is Dohnányi’s Piano Quintet. The highlight for me, however, was a razor-sharp, intense account of Bartók’s String Quartet No. 2.
Read MoreCelebrating its 40th anniversary, The American String Quartet, joined by world-renowned pianist Anton Nel, ascended to heights of musical brilliance in a Saturday performance for Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music.
Read MoreThe American String Quartet, arguably one of the world’s finest string quartets, gave a breathtaking performance Thursday at UNLV’s Doc Rando Recital Hall.
Read MoreSensitivity is considered by many to be a sign of weakness. But this view is a gross error, as was demonstrated by the evening of the American String Quartet with the expressive and enduring “Chamber Music Saint” Menahem Pressler in the Herkulessaal.
Read MoreAt the American String Quartet’s concert last night at Merkin Hall, a small handful of Bach practice pieces threatened to upstage a late Beethoven quartet and then Bartok’s immortal String Quartet No. 6.
Read MoreFor a single concert program to successfully combine the lofty work of Haydn, the tortured scribblings of Bartók, and the sublime strokes of Ravel, serious talent is required of the performers.
Read MoreThe American String Quartet is celebrating its 35th anniversary this season, and the Manhattan School of Music, where it has been in residence for 26 of those years, is giving a party in the form of a three-concert retrospective, with two performances at the school and one at Merkin Concert Hall.
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