- LaSalle Quartet
The LaSalle Quartet was a
string quartet active from1946 to1987 . It was founded by first violinistWalter Levin . The quartet played on a donated set ofAmati instruments.The LaSalle Quartet was best known for its espousal of the "
Second Viennese School " of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, and of the European modernists who derived from that tradition, though they also performed standard classical and romantic literature.György Ligeti dedicated his 2nd string quartet to the group, and they premiered it inBaden-Baden on December 14th, 1969. The quartet has been credited with the "Zemlinsky Renaissance," [ [http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?monat=7&jahr=2000&idx=145 Der Musikverein - Monatszeitung ] ] as Zemlinsky remained largely unknown until they performed his works. The quartet won theDeutscher Schallplattenpreis for their recording of his four string quartets.The Alban Berg, Artemis, Amernet, Prazak and Vogler string quartets are among the world-famous ensembles who studied performance with members of the LaSalle Quartet.
The LaSalle Quartet was the quartet-in-residence at the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music , and both violist Peter Kamnitzer and cellist Lee Fiser continue to teach there. Henry Meyer died in December 2006. Walter Levin currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.Members
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Walter Levin , 1st violin
*Henry W. Meyer, 2nd violin [http://www.holocaustcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=260]
*Peter Kamnitzer , viola
*Lee Fiser (joined 1975 [ [http://www.ccm.uc.edu/faculty/facultyProfile.aspx?facultyid=84 College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) - University of Cincinnati ] ] ),Jack Kirstein ,Richard Kapuscinski , violoncelloReferences
External links
* [http://www.nmz.de/nmz/nmz2002/nmz03/feature-lewin.shtml LaSalle-Quartett integriert seine Sammlung in die Paul-Sacher-Stiftung] , nmz.de, March 2002
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