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CU Boulder鈥檚 Grammy Award-winning Tak谩cs Quartet celebrates 50 years

鈥淚 find myself thinking about all our former quartet members鈥攚e wouldn鈥檛 be celebrating this milestone today except for them,鈥� says first violinist Ed Dusinberre, recalling that the original quartet was formed by students at the Music Academy in Budapest, Hungary, in 1975. Adds second violinist Harumi Rhodes, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a monumental moment and we鈥檙e approaching it with a sense of awe. I feel humbled. Yet, in another sense, for us it鈥檚 business as usual.鈥� And much of that business takes place right here in Boulder.听

The Tak谩cs Quartet鈥檚 50^th anniversary season is generously sponsored by Barbara and Chris Christoffersen.

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