The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 in Budapest and since 1985 has been Quartet in Residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As well as performing over ninety concerts worldwide each season, the Quartet is well-known for its recordings, winning a Gramophone Award for the complete Bartok Quartets and Grammy nominations for the Bartok and Schubert Trout Quintet cds. The Quartet has recorded works by Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Dvorak, Borodin, Smetana and Chausson on the Decca label, and is currently recording the entire Beethoven quartet cycle.