Edward Dusinberre, the first violinist of the Takács Quartet, won the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society's Creative Communication Award for his book 'Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet'.
Performer Biography
Richard O'Neill, the violist of the Takács Quartet, won a Grammy Award in 2020 for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and an Emmy Award.
Performer Biography
András Fejér, the cellist and only remaining original member of the Takács Quartet, began playing cello at age seven because his father, also a cellist, didn't want to hear an 'upstart-violinist' practicing.
Performer Biography
The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by four students: Gábor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gábor Ormai, and András Fejér.
Recording & Production
Stephen Hough's String Quartet No. 1 was specifically composed as a companion piece to the works by Ravel and Dutilleux on this recording.
Performer Biography
The Takács Quartet has won numerous awards, including being the first string quartet inducted into Gramophone magazine's Hall of Fame in 2012.
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