JAVS Summer 1998

Csaba Erdelyi and his 1991 Joseph Curtin viola.

"IN A SENSE IT WAS A PREMIERE FOR THE BARTOK CONCERTO... AND FOR MY JosEPH CURTIN VIOLA."

A fter 12 years with Curt in & Alf. Jo eph Curtin has opened hi own tudio in downtown Ann Arbor. where he continues to build concert quali ty violins and violas. If you need an instrument for an upcomi ng tour or compe tition. your next CD. or simply your next Je on. cal l Joseph Curtin Studios. You may wi h to commission a violin or viola to suit your particul ar performance tyle, or select from currentl y avai l able instruments. Please end for a price )j t and free color brochure.

T n January of I992. vio li t Csaba .l.Erdelyi re turned to hjs native Hun gary for a concert to be broadcast live from the Budape t Opera. "It wa a do uble premiere ," say Erdelyi. "I pent ten year re toring Bart6k' vio la concerto from hj origi nal manu cript. and this was its debut. It wa al o the ftr t concerto perfor mance for my Jo eph Curtin viola. Both were praj ed rughly." C aba Erdelyi e tabli hed ru pre - ence in the mu ic world with another first. ln 1972 he became the only viola player ever to wi n the prestigiou Carl Fie ch International Violin Compe ti tion. He went on to erve a principal of the Philharmoni a Orche tra and vio li t in the Chi ling irian Quarte t.

reachjng a wider audience as the olo viola 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 its registers, and the perfect health of a young instrument . It has b lended beautifully with Strad a nd Guarneri viol in , a well a Goffri ller and Montagnana cellos. I've tru ted it in extreme c limate from Brazil to Ala ka. When I premiered the Bart6k, it wa ju t ix months old - and already magni ficent. Yehudi Menuhin. my mentor and frequent concert partner, aw it. played it , and immed iately ordered a violin from Jo eph." Erdelyi' most recent recording, Lis-:;t and the Viola. is now available from Hungaroton [HCD 3 1724].

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