Vivien Schweitzer
wrote that the ensemble was "particularly cohesive" in a "riveting" performance of the slow movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in F (Op. 135).
"They performed the Lento in Opus 135, Beethoven's final string quartet, with a warm, glowing sound and expressive potency, and captured the gracious spirit of the outer movements."
The quartet "illuminated with panache" the "quirky sonic effects" of Ligeti's Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses Nocturnes," and they offered "an energetic and striking rendition" of Bartók's Quartet No. 3, Schweitzer said.
The Keller Quartet was founded by violinists András Keller and János Pilz, violist Zoltán Gál and cellist Judit Szabó at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1987.
The concert was part of Extremely Hungary, the Hungarian cultural season in New York and Washington.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
