String quartet loses half its team

String quartet loses half its team

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norman lebrecht

August 17, 2023

The Aizuri Quartet, founded in 2012 as a women-only ensemble, has just inserted two men – cellist Caleb van der Swaagh and violist Brian Hong.

They replace Karen Ouzounian and violist Ayane Kozasa.

(pictured earlier this year).

Comments

  • Anon. says:

    Except Ayane isn’t pictured at all. That’s violinist Miho Saegusa.

  • Herr Forkenspoon says:

    Did you really say they “inserted 2 men?”

  • Mac says:

    Given what you said earlier about the Manchester-based quartet you may want to consider the wording of your first sentence here!

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