The Tokyo String Quartet will retire from the concert stage at the end of the 2012-2013 season. One of the world’s most distinguished chamber music ensembles, they have been in residence annually at the Norfolk Festival since 1977, and their final concert will be a benefit for the restoration of the Music Shed in Norfolk in June 2013. Their Norfolk Festival appearances this summer include a concert on Saturday, July 21 (quartets by Webern and Beethoven) and on Friday, July 27 (quartets by Haydn and Beethoven and, with Wei-Yi Yang, a piano quintet by Elgar). Information at norfolkmusic.org.

Photo courtesy of the Norfolk Festival.