Tokyo String Quartet 東京弦樂四重奏

Tokyo String Quartet playing the fourth movement of Beethoven's string quartet op.59 n.3. "Razumovsky"
Martin Beaver, Kikuei Ikeda VIOLINS
Kazuhide Isomura VIOLA
Clive Greensmith CELLO


Tokyo String Quartet是世界一流的弦樂四重奏團。自1969年以來，Tokyo String Quartet以華美醇厚的聲音，完美人員配合，精湛的演奏效果和獨特的風格風靡全世界。

　　Tokyo String Quartet成員有組建時的元老中提琴手Kazuihide Isomura和在1974年便是樂團成員第二小提琴手Kiuei Ikeda，在2002年加入樂團的第一小提琴手Martin Beaver和1999年加入樂團的前紅家管弦樂隊的主要大提琴演奏家Clive Greensmith。

　　Tokyo String Quartet目前已經錄製了30首樂曲，其中包括貝多芬、舒伯特、勃拉姆斯和巴托東克完整的四重奏全集，獲得了英國《留聲機》雜誌頒發的“年度最佳室內音樂大獎”，還曾獲得過七項格萊提名。

The group formed in 1969 at the Juilliard School of Music. The founding members attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music^[1] in Tokyo, where they studied with Professor Hideo Saito. Soon after its formation the Quartet won First Prizes at the Coleman Competition, the Munich Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. This resulted in a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.

The quartet has recorded over 30 albums, covering a wide range. They won the Grand Prix du Disque Montreux, "Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year" awards from both Stereo Review and Gramophone magazines, and seven Grammy nominations. They record exclusively with for RCA Victor Red Seal.

During their 1994 25th anniversary international tour, the quartet performed the complete Beethoven String Quartets.

On television, the quartet has appeared on "Sesame Street", "CBS Sunday Morning", PBS's "Great Performances", "National Arts", and a national broadcast from the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

The members of the quartet have served on the faculty of the Yale School of Music since 1976.

The group plays on a collection of instruments made by the famous luthier Stradivari. The collection is known as the Paganini Quartet.

Members

First violin

• 1969 Koichiro Harada
• 1981 Peter Oundjian
• 1995 Andrew Dawes
• 1996 Mikhail Kopelman
• 2002 Martin Beaver

Second violin

• 1969 Yoshiko Nakura
• 1974 Kikuei Ikeda

Viola

• 1969 Kazuhide Isomura

Cello

• 1969 Sadao Harada
• 2000 Clive Greensmith