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 ...

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 ...

Thursday marks the end of an era in Houston's chamber-music scene. That's when the Tokyo String Quartet will play its last concert in Houston - a program of works by Joseph Haydn, Béla Bartók and ...

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 ...

The Yale School of Music announced yesterday that two members of the Tokyo String Quartet, which has been in residence at the school for 35 years, plan to retire from the ensemble. Violist Kazuhide ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Beethoven finished his String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132, in A Minor, the ...

performs in Portland for the last time, before retiring in July. The Tokyo, which formed in 1969, is one of the world's great string quartets and has played Portland many times. is the presenter. But ...

Returning to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts after a 12-year hiatus, the Tokyo String Quartet on Friday reestablished its sometimes debated standing as a major player in the hierarchy of ...

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 ...