“If this were a stage tragedy, we’d be watching the final scene, where members of the famed string quartet are forced to surrender their instruments to the violinist they once spurned.
“But if this were a play, it would have been over long ago. Instead, the ugly drama of the Audubon Quartet and its former first violinist, David Ehrlich, is the drama that never ends.” Ehrlich has prevailed in the litigation and now is expected to take his former colleagues’ house, as well as other personal assets. He denies that just walking away from the dispute is an option at this point: “I have no choice. I owe a fortune to my attorneys.” (Kevin Kittredge, “Last act? Violinist Ehrlich seeks ex-colleagues’ assets”, Roanoke Times, Nov. 20). Earlier coverage on this site: Jun. 5, 2000 and links from there, May 10-12, 2002, and letter to the editor, Jun. 2002 (via Arts & Letters Daily). Update: the New York Times ran a substantial feature on the breakup Dec. 11.
One Comment
Some friends of mine (thanks Lawrence and Mike) pointed out the following:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/renardym/news.html contains a response to the Kittredge article. (I believe this is a section of the same website noted in the letter to the editor cited above: however, there appears to be a typo in the URL in that letter.)
There’s also a website at:
http://www.geocities.com/audubon_transition/audubon_comment.html
that has some additional information and links.