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Mon 03 Mar 2009Classy quartet of musical equals
The Badke Quartet is the embodiment of team playing, with its four members from disparate backgrounds united in their passion for the music. They talk to MICHAEL DERVAN
THE ODDS ON the four individuals who make up the Badke Quartet ever becoming the Badke Quartet must have been pretty low. For a start, they’re all from different countries – well, nearly. The leader, Heather Badke, is from Boise, Idaho. Second violinist Emma Parker is English, but she grew up in the US before coming back to London. Viola player Eniko Magyar is Hungarian, and cellist Jonathan Byers hails from Belfast.
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