Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello)

The world-renowned Takács Quartet is now entering its fifty-first season. Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello) are excited about the 2025-2026 season that features varied projects including a new work written for them by Clarice Assad, commissioned by a consortium of North American concert presenters. For Hyperion Records the Takács recently released ‘Flow’ by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and an album with pianist Marc Andre Hamelin that features quintets by Florence Price and Antonín Dvořák. The Takács maintains a busy international touring schedule. In August 2025 the ensemble performs in New Zealand, and in Australia where the centerpiece of a tour for Musica Viva is a new work by Australian composer Cathy Milliken, inspired by Bertholt Brecht’s ‘Sonnet of an Emigrant’, narrated by Angie Milliken. As Associate Artists at London’s Wigmore Hall, the group will perform and record for Hyperion two viola quintets by Mozart with violist Timothy Ridout. During the season the ensemble will play at other prestigious European series including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Konzerthaus, Berlin. The group’s North American engagements include concerts in New York, Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Schenectady, Portland, and at Duke University and Middlebury College, Vermont. The members of theTakács are Artists in Residence at the University of Colorado and during the summer months join the faculty at the Music Academy of the West, running an intensive quartet seminar there.

ANTHONY CHAN ('24) 26, born in Sydney, New South Wales, earned his master's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Ronald Copes and Daniel Phillips. He won the 2025 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, Schiermonnikoog Festival, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

ROGER SHAO 24, born in Fuzhou, China, has completed his master's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Daniel Phillips, Masao Kawasaki, and Ann Setzer. He won second prize at the 2017 Hong Kong International Violin Competition. Roger has performed with the Chamber Music Society Fort Worth and at the Schiermonnikoog Festival in The Netherlands.

BRIAN JENNINGS 24, born in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, completed his master's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Misha Amory and Heidi Castleman. He won the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in 2025, performs with the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Ensemble, and is a member of the Prometheus String Quartet.

WILSON VANDERSLICE 24, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, received his master's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Astrid Schween and Clara Kim. Wilson received Second Prize in the Eastman Cello Concerto Competition in 2022 and First Prize in the Eastman Elliott Carter Figment Cello Competition in 2021. He is a member of the Prometheus Quartet.

MATTHILDUR TRAUSTADÓTTIR 20, born in Rimini, Italy, is earning her bachelor's degree at Oberlin College, studying with Sibbi Bernhardsson. She was the Absolute Winner of the 2025 Fenix International Music Competition and Soloist of the Year at the MÍT Concerto Competition. She has performed with the MÍT Symphony Orchestra and Oberlin Orchestra.

GABRIELA SALVADOR RIERA 18, born in Valencia, Spain, is earning her bachelor's degree at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Sibbi Bernhardsson. She won Second Place in the 2023 Sphinx Competition Junior Division and has performed as a soloist with both the Buffalo Philharmonic and Erie Philharmonic.

YOONA PARK 22, born in Seoul, Korea, is earning her bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Hsin-Yun Huang and Heidi Castleman. She won the YoungArts National Competition in 2021, is the assistant principal viola of The Juilliard Orchestra, associate viola faculty at Cremona Music Studio, and was principal viola of the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra.

MIA KIM BERNARD 20, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, recently completed her bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Astrid Schween. She has performed as a soloist with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and as a section member with the Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. She was a 2024 fellow at The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.

MARIA CHERKASSOVA 25, born in Vladivostok, Russia, is earning her bachelor's degree at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Grigory Kalinovsky. There she won the 2022 Concerto Competition and performed as a soloist with the University Orchestra. Maria is also a violinist with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic.

SHINTARO TANEDA 24, born in Chiba, Japan, has recently completed his master's degree in chamber music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), studying with Nancy Zhou. He won the 2024 SFCM Honor Chamber Ensemble Competition with the Ethea Trio and has performed with artists including Kim Kashkashian, Stefan Jackiw, and the Parker Quartet.

YU-HENG WANG 20, born in Tainan City, Taiwan, is earning his bachelor's degree at New England Conservatory, studying with Nicholas Cords and Brian Hong, and where he has served as Principal Viola. He won first prize in the 2023 Empire State Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and second prize in the 2024 Saint Paul String Quartet Competition.

MELANIE CHEN 21, born in Boston, Massachusetts, recently completed her bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music, studying with Felix Wang. In 2023 she won both the Stulberg International String and the MTNA Young Artist Performance competitions, and serves as a substitute cellist with the Nashville Symphony.