Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists and pedagogues, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie behind a great performance – and unique learning opportunities for music lovers and aspiring musicians alike.
The world-renowned Takács Quartet is now entering its fifty-first season. Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello) are excited about the 2025-2026 season that features varied projects including a new work written for them by Clarice Assad, commissioned by a consortium of North American concert presenters. For Hyperion Records the Takács recently released ‘Flow’ by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and an album with pianist Marc Andre Hamelin featuring quintets by Florence Price and Antonín Dvořák.
The Takács maintains a busy international touring schedule. In August 2025 the ensemble performs in New Zealand, and in Australia where the centerpiece of a tour for Musica Viva is a new work by Australian composer Cathy Milliken, inspired by Bertholt Brecht’s ‘Sonnet of an Emigrant’, narrated by Angie Milliken. As Associate Artists at London’s Wigmore Hall, the group will perform and record for Hyperion two viola quintets by Mozart with violist Timothy Ridout. During the season the ensemble will play at other prestigious European series including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and in Rome, Florence and Bologna.
The group’s North American engagements will include concerts in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Berkeley, Portland, and at Duke University and Middlebury College, Vermont.
The members of the Takács are Artists in Residence at the University of Colorado, and during the summer months join the faculty at the Music Academy of the West, running an intensive quartet seminar there. The ensemble will also begin a new relationship as Visiting Artists at the University of Maryland.
Selections from Joseph HAYDN String Quartet op. 76 no. 2 'Quinten'
Selections from Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet no. 17 in B-flat Major, K. 458 'The Hunt'
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat Major op. 18 no. 6: IV. La Malincolia. Adagio
Olivia Kowalik (NSW) violin
Jasmine Milton (SA) violin
Hanna Wallace (NSW) viola
Max Wung (WA) cello
Lachlan MacLaren (VIC) violin
Ian Chiao (NZ) violin
Lachlan McKie (VIC) viola
Boudewijn Keenan (NZ) cello
Sophia Jones (QLD) violin
Noah Coyne (VIC) violin
Daniel Casey (VIC) viola
Fergus Ascot (VIC) cello
Photo credit: Ian Malkin
ANAM's Masterclasses are supported by the Robert Salzer Foundation
This masterclass is presented with Musica Viva Australia
We would like to thank the following members of Musica Viva Australia’s Emerging Artists Giving Circle, whose collective support will enable the artistic development of the next generation of Australian chamber musicians:
Nicholas Callinan AO and Elizabeth Callinan
Caroline and Robert Clemente
John and Rose Downer Foundation
John and Rosemary MacLeod
Patricia H. Reid Endowment Fund
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Mick and Margaret Toller
David Wallace and Jamelia Gubgub
YMF Australia
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