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

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Stanley Fefferman

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 Play Bartók’s String Quartets 4 and 5 reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Stanley Fefferman

Bartok used folk music to find his own voice as a composer of classical music. He roamed the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East to rediscover models of what is music to our ears, much in the same spirit … Continue reading →

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Tokyo String Quartet finish their Beethoven Cycle reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on April 15, 2011 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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