Takács-Nagy, Ormai and Fejér had been playing trios together for several months when they met Schranz during a pickup soccer game after classes.
A colleague offered them a position as quartet-in-residence at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and they accepted the job.
[2] In 1994, Ormai learned that he had incurable cancer, and was replaced by another British musician, violist Roger Tapping.
In 2005, following the completion of the Beethoven cycle, Tapping retired from the group to spend more time with his family.
Schranz retired from the quartet in 2018 and was replaced by University of Colorado faculty member Harumi Rhodes.
In 2010, the quartet was honored for Excellence in Research and Creative Work by the Boulder Faculty Assembly at the University of Colorado.