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Csaba Erde~ri and his /99/ Joseph Curtin rio/a.

"In a sense it was a pre1niere for the Bartok Concerto... andfor my Joseph Curtin viola."

I n January of 1992. violist C aba Erdelyi returned to hi native Hun gary for a concert to be broadca t Ihe from the Budape t Opera. "It was a double premiere." says Erdelyi . " I pent ten years restoring Ban6k' viola concerto from hi origi nal manuscript. and thi was its debut. It wa al o the first concerto perfor mance for m) Joseph Curtin 'iola. Both were prai ed highly." C aba Erdelyi established his pre - ence in the music world with another first. In 1972 he became the only' iola p layer ever to win the pre tigious Carl Flesch International iolin Competi tion. He went on to en e a principal of the Philharmonia Orchestra and violi t in the Chilingirian Quartet.

reaching a wider audience a the olo iola player in the film core Amadeus. "It' a rare treat to own an in trument that ha a trong. mature. even. rich tone in all it registers. and the perfect health of a young instrument. It has blended beautifully with Strad and Guarneri violin . a well a Goffriller and Montagnana cello . I've trusted it in extreme climate from Brazil to Ala ka. \ hen I premiered the Ban6k. it wa just six month old. Yehudi Menuhin. my mentor and frequent con cert partner. tried it and immediately ordered a violin from Joseph." Erdelyi can be heard on his most re cent recording. Lis::t and the l'iola. with pianist Ian Hob on [Hungaroton HCD 3 1724). Say Tully Poner. writing for

Strad Magazine. "you will have to go a long way to hear any of thi s material better played ...and Erdelyi draws a wonderfully wann tone from his 1991 Jo eph Curtin instrument." Erdelyi is currently arti t-in-re idence at Butler Uni,·ersity in lndianapoli . Indiana. Jo eph Curtin' violin and viola are in the hands of some of the most dis tinguished anist ofour time. For fur ther information plea e end for a free color brochure. JosEPH C URTIN STUDIOS 205 :-Jonh Main treet Ann Arbor Ml 4 104 Tel: (734) 665-1303 Fax: (734) 665-1305

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