About this Event
1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045
https://lied.ku.edu/?event=takacs-yang-2026In its 50th-anniversary season, the world-renowned Takács Quartet, comprising Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello), maintains a busy international touring schedule. In 2025, the ensemble will perform in South Korea, Japan and Australia. The Australian tour is centered around a new piece by Cathy Milliken for quartet and narrator. As associate artists at London’s Wigmore Hall, the group will present four concerts featuring works by Haydn, Britten, Ngwenyama, Beethoven, Janáček and two performances of Schubert’s Cello Quintet with Adrian Brendel. During the season, the ensemble will play at other prestigious European venues, including Barcelona, Budapest, Milan, Basel, Bath Mozartfest and Bern. The group’s North American engagements include concerts in New York, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., La Jolla, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Tucson, Portland and Princeton, and collaborations with pianists Stephen Hough and Jeremy Denk.