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Stanley Fefferman reviews The Tokyo String Quartet’s “Farewell Tour” in Toronto

More than 40 years ago, violist Kazuhide Isomura got together with three other Japanese students at the Juiliard School of Music in Manhattan and formed The Tokyo String Quartet. After touring the globe for upward of 4000 performances, more than … Continue reading

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Tokyo String Quartet finish their Beethoven Cycle reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Thursday, March 14, 2011. Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto. “Whoever has built a new Heaven has found the strength for it only in his own Hell.” Friedrick Neitzsche”. Beethoven composed his last three string quartets within a few years of his … Continue reading

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