Recording of an event organized by CEU to celebrate CEU’s Tenth Anniversary. The Academia String Quartet performs after Leon Botstein’s (President of Bard College and Musical Director, American Symphony Orchestra) third lecture at CEU entitled "Music and Politics in the Twentieth Century." The Academia String Quartet performs: György Kurtág with “ Hommage á Mihály András,” Beethoven with “ String Quartet in C minor” and Amos Elkana with “String Quartet No. 1.” The latter composition was commissioned by CEU and premiered on this occasion.
The tape got damaged thus only the first 2,3 minutes was digitized.