Tokyo String Quartet 东京弦乐四重奏

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是世界一流的弦乐四重奏团。自1969年以来，Tokyo String Quartet以华美醇厚的声音，完美人员配合，精湛的演奏效果和独特的风格风靡全世界。

　　Tokyo String Quartet成员有组建时的元老中提琴手Kazuihide Isomura和在1974年便是乐团成员第二小提琴手Kiuei Ikeda，在2002年加入乐团的第一小提琴手Martin Beaver和1999年加入乐团的前红家管弦乐队的主要大提琴演奏家Clive Greensmith。

　　Tokyo String Quartet目前已经录制了30首乐曲，其中包括贝多芬、舒伯特、勃拉姆斯和巴托东克完整的四重奏全集，获得了英国《留声机》杂志颁发的“年度最佳室内音乐大奖”，还曾获得过七项格莱提名。

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