Thursday marks the end of an era in Houston's chamber-music scene. That's when the Tokyo String Quartet will play its last concert in Houston - a program of works by Joseph Haydn, Béla Bartók and ...

Into the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday night, the Tokyo String Quartet carried with it not only the question that dogs all legendary quartets – does it still have it? – but the extra burden of ...

Saying farewell is never easy, but it’s possible to experience some semblance of closure when the last encounter is so rewarding. The large audience at the Cleveland Chamber Music Society’s concert ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Beethoven finished his String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132, in A Minor, the ...

Virtually everyone writing about the Tokyo String Quartet's final tour this year is drawn to the word "bittersweet," and with good reason: After 43 seasons, the group gave its farewell Boston concert ...

Sunday afternoon, the Palm Beach audience at the Kravis Center had its last chance to hear one of the most remarkable chamber ensembles of the last half-century. The Tokyo String Quartet performed for ...

It's time to say goodbye: After more than 40 years, the members of Tokyo String Quartet have decided they will disband at the end of the 2012-13 season. Several months ago, the group had announced ...

When it comes to string quartet culture on Santa Barbara’s concert calendar, the bar is set high. In any given season, and during the summer flowering of the Music Academy of the West’s stellar ...

In many ways, it seems difficult to believe that the Tokyo String Quartet is about to turn 20. Certainly precious few chamber groups that have been around for two decades could match the fervor with ...

The Tokyo String Quartet is one of the premier quartets touring, and its reputation is one reason why, for the Tuesday opening of the 2006-07 Houston Friends of Music season, Rice University's Stude ...

Of all instrumental combinations, string quartets are perhaps the most hidebound. Most of these ensembles seem loath to stray very far beyond the established masterpieces, as if they were fearful any ...