Chronicle Staff February 22, 2021Updated: February 24, 2021, 7:19 am
Takács Quartet. Photo: Courtesy Takács Quartet
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With new personnel, the Takács Quartet kicks off spring season at Cal Performances
The Takács Quartet keeps evolving as the membership shifts and turns over, but the fundamental qualities of this invaluable ensemble a combination of worldly-wise intensity and expressive fervor – seem to remain constant.
With the retirement of violist Geraldine Walther last year, only cellist András Fejér remains of the original lineup formed in Budapest in 1975. Violist Richard O’Neill is the newest member of the group.
It s basically the symphony bringing together the whole arts community, Morgan said.
The team preparing for the inauguration of Harris and Biden in Washington, D.C. did not say there will not be an inauguration ball, rather it said, This year s ceremonies and events will reflect President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris commitment to protecting the health and safety of Americans while demonstrating the strength and resilience of our country.
They added that, inaugural activities will have a limited footprint but will honor and resemble American inaugural traditions.
Michael Colbruno, a Port of Oakland commissioner and close friend of Harris, is the host of the Oakland Symphony event.
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California offers COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and over
The move puts seniors in line along with emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already don’t have enough doses to go around.