Performance Today for Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Budapest String Quartet was founded, logically, in the city of Budapest. The Cleveland Quartet made their home in, you guessed it, Cleveland, Ohio. But the Tokyo Quartet has never been based in Tokyo. Four bright young music students from Tokyo each moved to the United States to study, met in New York City and in 1969 formed a string quartet. The Tokyo Quartet has been a major force in the world of classical music for 44 years, but this season is their last. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear a performance by the Tokyo Quartet as they celebrate their farewell tour.