Mazda Hall at 6.30 pm
(Free Admittance)
Programme 7th April: Haydn: String quartet Op. 77 No. 1; Schubert: Five German dances and Beethoven: String quartet Op. 59 No. 1
The Kodály Quartet from Budapest has continued to exemplify the greatest standards of the rich Hungarian musical tradition which it has carried on with such extraordinary distinction throughout the world over four decades of international appearances.
The original Quartet was founded in 1966 by four students of the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest as a continuation of the great Hungarian string quartet tradition. In 1968, the ensemble, called the ‘Sebestyén Quartet’, won the first prize at the International Leo Weiner String Quartet Competition in Budapest. By 1971, the Quartet had established an international reputation, and in that year changed its name to ‘Kodály Quartet’ in honour of the outstanding twentieth-century Hungarian composer. The present members of Kodály Quartet have performed with many great musicians like Bruno Canino, Milan Turkovic, Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis, Michel Portal, Dimitry Ashkenazy, Michel Béroff, Jeremy Menuhin, Tamás Vásáry, Jenõ Jandó and Dimitris Sgouros. The Quartet has participated in many festivals and has recorded some 60 CDs. Among these are the entire string quartet cycles by Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.
