Kikuei Ikeda's guest appearances

Kikuei Ikeda

Arts Conversations

Music and Concerts

Leonard Bernstein

John Adams

John Cohen

Sam Phillips

Rosanne Cash

Aaron Copland

Lionel Loueke

Chris Lee

Randy Newman

Kristin Chenoweth

Amanda Gates

Graham Nash

Audra McDonald

Nico Muhly

Zosha Di Castri

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Dec. 18, 2013. The 2013 Stradivari Anniversary Concert featured the Parker String Quartet and violist Kikuei Ikeda performing on the Library's Stradivari instruments. The quartet performed Mendelssohn's String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 44, no. 1, and Shostakovich's String Quartet no. 9. They were joined by Kikuei Ikeda for the Dvorak String Quintet in E-flat major, op. 97. Speaker Biography: The Parker String Quartet has appeared at many of the world's leading venues, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Musikverein (Vienna), and Concergebouw in Amsterdam. They won the Concert Artists Guild Competition and the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America. They are Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University. Speaker Biography: Kikuei Ikeda was a violinist in the former Tokyo String Quartet and an award-winning soloist and chamber musician. Following studies at Juilliard, he has toured extensively.For more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6871

Dec. 18, 2013. The 2013 Stradivari Anniversary Concert featured the Parker String Quartet and violist Kikuei Ikeda performing on the Library's Stradivari instruments. The quartet performed Mendelssohn's String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 44, no. 1, and Shostakovich's String Quartet no. 9. They were joined by Kikuei Ikeda for the Dvorak String Quintet in E-flat major, op. 97. Speaker Biography: The Parker String Quartet has appeared at many of the world's leading venues, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Musikverein (Vienna), and Concergebouw in Amsterdam. They won the Concert Artists Guild Competition and the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America. They are Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University. Speaker Biography: Kikuei Ikeda was a violinist in the former Tokyo String Quartet and an award-winning soloist and chamber musician. Following studies at Juilliard, he has toured extensively. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6871" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6871</a>

Parker String Quartet with Kikuei Ikeda, Viola

One of the finest string quartets in the world, the Tokyo Quartet, performed in this year’s Virginia Arts Festival. Dwight Davis spoke with second violinist Kikuei Ikeda about the group’s program.