Esterhazy Quartet

The Esterhazy Quartet is an American string quartet founded in the 1970's, interpreting pieces from both standard and modern repertoires. Its members are:

* Eva Szekely (violin)
* Susan Jensen (violin)
* Leslie Perna (viola)
* Darry Dolezal (cello)

All members are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Missouri in Columbia (United States)

The Esterhazy Quartet maintains an active touring schedule in the Americas and Europe, including performances for the Mozarteum in Buenos Aires, the Beethoven Society in Santiago de Chile, the Haydn Festspiele in Austria and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. They have been featured repeatedly on National Public Radio broadcasts such as the highly acclaimed "Hear America First" and "Quartessence" series.

The Quartet has appeared as guest artists at Festivals including the Western Arts Festival, the Texas Music Festival and the "International Chamber Music Festival" in Belém, Brazil.

In recent years, the Quartet has also been teaching bi-yearly masterclasses at the Berklee College of Music (Boston, Massachusetts). The classes consist of two nights with recorded readings of students compositions, previously selected through a competition process. At the end of the class, each student composer receives an award in the name of the Quartet. [http://www.berklee.edu/bt/131/bb_esterhazy.html Berklee Beat: Esterhazy String Quartet Resonates During Residency] ] The Esterhazy Quartet's recordings can be heard on the CRI and Spectrum labels.

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* cite news
url=http://music.missouri.edu/ensembles/esterhazy.html
title=University of Missouri-Columbia / Esterhazy Quartet's
publisher=music.missouri.edu
accessdate=2007-01-21

External links

* [http://music.missouri.edu/ensembles/esterhazy.html Esterhazy Quartet]