Guarneri String Quartet
The Guarneri String Quartet (also Guarneri Quartet ), founded in 1964, is one of the world's most important string quartet ensembles . It's based in New York . In addition to the classical concert repertoire, it performs works by leading contemporary composers, such as For example, the 5th string quartet by Lukas Foss, specially written for the Guarneri Quartet, or works by Richard Danielpour .
Numerous portraits of the quartet have been published on radio and television, as well as books ( Quartet , Helen Drees Ruttencutter 1980, Die Kunst des Quartettspiels: Die Guarneris in conversation with David Blum , 1986 as well as Arnold Steinhardt's memories Mein Leben zu fiert Heard , 2000).
After 45 years of playing together, the Guarneri String Quartet has announced its retirement for the end of the 2008/09 season and organized a major farewell tour.
Members
- Arnold Steinhardt (* 1937), 1st violin
- John Dalley (* 1935), 2nd violin
- Michael Tree (1934-2018), violist
- David Soyer (1923-2010), cello (until 2000)
- Peter Wiley (* 1955), violoncello (since 2000, former student of David Soyer and cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio )
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The co-founder of the Guarneri Quartet was 84 years old. Violist Michael Tree dies ” on magazin.klassik.com on April 3, 2018