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Csaha Erde/yi and his /991 Joseph Curtin l'iola.

"In a sense it was a premiere for the Bartok Concerto... andfor my Joseph Curtin viola. "

I n January of 1992. ' iolist Csaba Erdelyi returned to hi nati\ e Hun gary for a concert to be broadcast live from the Budape t Opera. "It was a double premiere." ays Erdelyi. "l spent ten year re toring Bartok' viola concerto from hi origi nal manuscript. and this wa its debut. It was also the fir t concerto perfor mance for my Jo eph Curtin 'iola. Both were prai ed highly ." C aba Erdel yi e tabli hed his pre - ence in the mu ic world with another first In 1972 he became the only' iola player ever to win the prestigiou Carl Flesch International Violin Competi tion . He went on to en e as principal of the Philharmonia Orche tra and violist in the Chilingirian Quartet.

reaching a wider audience a the olo viola player in the film core Amadeus. "It's a rare treat to own an instrument that has a trong. mature. even. rich tone in all it register . and the perfect health of a young instrument. lt ha blended beautifull_ with trad and Guarneri viol ins. a well as Goffriller and Montagnana cello . l'\'e trusted it in extreme climate from Brazil to Alaska. When I premiered the Bartok. it ,,.a just . ix months old. Yehudi Menuhin. my mentor and frequenr con cert partner. tried it and immediately ordered a' iolin from Joseph." Erdelyi can be heard on hi mo t re cent recording. Lis:: I and the l'io/a. with pianist lan Hob on [Hungaroton HCD 31724]. Says Tully Poner. writing for

trad Magazine. "you will have to go a long way to hear any of this material better played ... and Erdel yi draws a wonderfully warm tone from his 1991 Jo eph Curtin in trument." Erdel yi i currently ani t-in-residence at Butler Uni' er ity in lndianapoli . Indiana. Joseph Curtin' 'iolins and viola are in the hands of ome of the most di - tinguished arti t ofour time. For fur ther information please end for a free co lor brochure. JOSEPH C URTIN S TUDIOS 205 orth Main Street Ann Arbor MJ 4 I04 Tel: (734) 665- 1303 Fax : (734) 665-1305

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