Andor Toth, Jr.

Andor Toth, Jr., cello

Andor Toth, Jr. (1948–2002) was an American cellist in the strong Central European, Berlin, and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.

Andor Toth, Jr. was the son of the famous fiddler Andor Toth, with whom he collaborated in the Toth Duo and the New Hungarian Quartet. His teachers were Gabor Rejto and George Neikrug. He studied cello with Neikrug at the University of Texas before leaving for an appointment as solo cellist with the San Francisco Symphony under conductor Josef Krips.

When he died of esophageal cancer on September 24, 2002, he was Professor of Cello at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, where he had taught for 30 years.

Performance

In 1972, when Andor Toth Jr. joined the Oberlin faculty, his father, who was also on the faculty, formed the New Hungarian Quartet.

Andor Toth, violin, and Andor Toth, Jr., cello - the Toth Duo, September 1999

In 1982, Toth formed the Oberlin Trio [1] [2] with Professor of Pianoforte Joseph Schwartz [3] and violin faculty member Stephen Clapp.

References

Published obituaries

• Oberlin Conservatory

Selected discography

Arkiv Music: Duos For Violin And Cello / Toth Duo [4]

1. Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 by Zoltán Kodály
2. Duo for Violin and Cello no 1, H 157 by Bohuslav Martinů
3. Sonata for Violin and Cello by Maurice Ravel

Arkiv Music VoxBox CDX 5022: Schubert, String Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [5] Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)

1. String Quartet No. 13 (Schubert) in A minor, D 804/Op. 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"
2. String Quartet No. 14 (Schubert) in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"
3. String Quartet No. 15 (Schubert) in G major, D 887/Op. 161
4. Quartettsatz (Schubert) in C minor, D 703/Op. posthumous

VoxBox (Classical) CD3X 3012: Beethoven, The Middle Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [6] Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)

1. String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven) in F major ("Rasumovsky 1"), Op. 59/1
2. String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven) in E minor ("Rasumovsky 2"), Op. 59/2
3. String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven) in C major ("Rasumovsky 3"), Op. 59/3
4. String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) in E flat major ("Harp"), Op. 74
5. String Quartet No. 11 (Beethoven) in F minor ("Serioso"), Op. 95

VoxBox (Classical) CDX 3031: Debussy and Ravel Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [7] Second CD of 3 CD Set. Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)

1. String Quartet (Debussy) in G Minor, Op. 10
2. String Quartet (Ravel)