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C.mba Ente(ri and his /99/ 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. 'ioli t C aba Erdelyi returned to hi nati\e Hun gary for a concen to be broadca t li\ e from the Budape t Opera. " It wa a double premiere." says Erdelyi. " I spent ten year restoring Ban6k' viola concerto from his origi nal manu cript. and this wa its debut. It wa al o the first concerto perfor mance for my Jo eph Curtin viola. Both were praised highly." C aba Erdelyi established his pre - ence in the music world with another first. In 1972 he became the only' iola player ever to win the pre tigious Carl Fie ch International Violin Competi tion. He went on to en e a principal of the Philharmonia Orche tra and \ iolist in the Chilingirian Quartet.

reaching a wider audience a the olo viola player in the fi lm score Amadeus. "It' a rare treat to own an in trument that ha a trong. mature. even. rich tone in all its regi ters. and the perfect health of a young instrument. It has blended beautifully with trad and Guarneri violin . a well a Goffriller and Montagnana cello . 1\e tru ted it in extreme climate from Brazil to Alaska. When I premiered the Ban6k. it was ju 1 ix months old. Yehudi Menuhin. my mentor and frequent con cert partner. tried it and immediately ordered a violin from Jo eph." Erdelyi can be heard on his mo t re cent recording. Lis:t and the I 'iola. with piani 1 Ian Hob on [Hungaroton HCD 317::!-t]. ay Tully Potter. writing for

Strad Magazine. "you will have to go a long way to hear any of this material bener played...and Erdelyi draw a wonderfully warm tone from hi 1991 Joseph Curtin instrument." Erdelyi is currently ani t-in-re idence at Butler Uni' er ity in Indianapolis. Indiana. Jo eph Currin' violin and viola are in the hand of ome of the mo 1 di - tingui hed ani ts ofour time. For fur ther infonnation plea e end for a free color brochure. JosEPH CURTlN STuoTos 205 :'\onh Main Street Ann Arbor M I -+ I 0-+ Tel: (73-t) 665-1303 Fax: (734) 665-1305

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