UO’s Chamber Music Series
draws famous string quartet
■ A sold-out performance
of the Tokyo String Quartet
promises “first-rate” musicians
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Three violinists and one cellist will
play tonight at the sold-out perform
ance of one of the world’s premier
quartets, the Tokyo String Quartet.
Robert Hurwitz, associate dean oi
the music school, will introduce the
evening’s repertoire in a preconcert
talk, “Musical Insights,” at 7 p.m.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in
Beall Concert Hall.
The performance is part of the
School of Music’s Chamber Music
Series. The series draws the “high
est profile line-up” of events spon
sored by the school, said Scott
Barkhurst, director of publicity oi
the music school.
The Tokyo quartet provides the
perfect opportunity to experience
chamber music for someone who
has never heard it before, he said.
“If people would like to take a
chance with chamber music, this is
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the best opportunity because the
quality of the performers is first
rate,” he said.
What makes chamber music so
unique is its intimacy, Barkhurst
said. Most other musical perform
ances, such as full-symphony or
chestras, operas and ballets, have
large groups of musicians, he said.
He added that chamber music is
different from “the big, Joud and
flamboyant forms of entertainment
people are used to. ”
Chamber music began in people’s
living rooms as early as the 16th
century, and today it is “in danger
of being lost,” he said.
The quartet plays classical mu
sic, but that doesn’t mean the music
was written ages ago, Hurwitz said.
The oldest piece to be played, Schu
bert’s Quartettsatz in C minor, was
composed in 1823, while the most
recent piece the group will play,
Webern’s “Langsamer Satz,” was
composed in 1903, he said. The
group will also play Mozart’s Quar
tet in F major, and Brahms’ Quartet
in B flat major, he said.
Janet Stewart, the director of the
Chamber Music Series, said Eugene
is lucky for the opportunity to hear a
“world class” group perform.
The group formed in 1969 at the
Julliard School of Music, she said.
The original four members were
profoundly influenced at theToho
School of Music in Tokyo.
Today, violinist Kazuhide Isomu
ra is the only original member. Vio
linist Kikuei Ikeda joined in 1974,
and the group’s newest members,
violinist Mikhail Kopelman and
cellist Clive Greensmith, joined in
1996 and 1999, respectively.
The quartet has played all over the
world, in locations such as Vienna,
Ehasseldorf, Stuttgart, Cologne,
Krakow, Barcelona, Madrid,
Jerusalem, and throughout Italy. They
have also been featured on “Sesame
Street” and “PBS Sunday Morning.”
Although tonight’s performance
is sold out, Barkhurst encourages
people to call the Hult Center or the
EMU ticket office in case tickets be
come available.
What distinguishes this quartet
as one of the world’s best is the way
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the members’ instruments come to
gether as if only one instrument it
playing, Hurwitz said.
“They play as if they’re one
person,” he said. “If you dost;
your eyes, you hear one sound
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E-mail reporter Diane Huber at
dianehuber@dailyemerald.com,
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