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 ASPEN - Becoming a string quartet player is an odd thing. You choose, usually at a young age, to partner with three other people who, ideally, will be at your side for years to come. Given the obligations, the chores to tackle and the time commitment, the relationship between players is more akin to a four-way marriage than a group of siblings. You have carved out one niche of the music realm, leaving aside the others, including the grander glories of the symphonic repertoire.
And for what? A career that is heavy on argument, compromise, sublimation of one's own personality and a certain kind of anonymity.
So why do the members of the American String Quartet - violist Daniel Avshalomov, cellist Wolfram Koessel, and violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, who co-founded the combo 35 years ago - seem so pleased with themselves, boastful almost, about their decision to focus on this particular form of chamber music? The primary reason is the music itself.
The mem Copyright 2010 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesAmerican String Quartet - Four play in AspenAugust, 19 2010 12:29 pm MST
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