EDITOR’S NOTE: Takacs is pronounced Tah-KOSH.

EUGENE–Four concerts featuring faculty and guest artists are scheduled this week at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave.

For more information, call the UO School of Music weekdays at (541) 346-5678. To confirm concert times and ticket information, call GuardLine from a Touch-Tone phone at 485-2000, ext. 2533, for a taped message of the week’s events.

Violinist Kathryn Lucktenberg will give a Faculty Artist Series recital at 2 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Lucktenberg, an associate professor at the music school, will perform four selections spanning three centuries: "Concerto in F Major" from "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi; "Sonata in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord" by Bach; Sonata in D Major for Violin and Piano" by Beethoven; and "Four Dances for Violin and Piano" by UO Professor Victor Steinhardt.

Steinhardt will accompany Lucktenberg on piano. Other featured performers include baroque cellist Marc Vanscheeuwijck and George Lucktenberg (Kathryn’s father) on harpsichord.

A fourth-generation violinist, Lucktenberg studied at the Curtis Institute of Music where she completed high school and earned her Bachelor of Music degree. In 1979, she made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and within a year after graduation from Curtis she joined the Honolulu Symphony as concertmaster.

During her 11 years in Hawaii, Lucktenberg was also a member of the Honolulu Symphony String Quartet and served on the faculty at the University of Hawaii. She has won several national competitions and was a semifinalist in the 1982 Indianapolis International Competition and the 1986 Carl Flesch International Competition. She has been on the UO music faculty since 1993.

The Takacs String Quartet, one of the world’s premier chamber ensembles, will open the 31st season of the Chamber Music Series at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Reserved-seat tickets range from $8 to $22, available in advance from the Hult Center at 682-5000. Student rush tickets will be sold at the door for $5 and $9.

Season tickets are also available for the six-concert series, ranging from $42 to $120. The Chamber Music Series is the only series in the area devoted exclusively to chamber music, performed by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.

The featured selections on the program are Haydn’s "Quartet No. 4 in D Major," Beethoven’s "String Quartet, Op. 132" and Dvorak’s "Quartet in E-flat Major."

Marian Smith, associate professor of music history, will give a free talk at 7:15 p.m. in Room 198 of the music school, offering insights and recorded examples of the concert repertoire.

Founded in 1975 and recognized today as one of the world’s leading string quartets, the Takacs Quartet has appeared in every major music capital and prestigious music festival. Among the Takacs’ triumphs are first prize and the Critics’ Prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France; a Gold Medal at the Portsmouth and Bordeaux competitions; and first prize at the Budapest International String Quartet Competition and Bratislava Competition.

The quartet has an extensive discography and has recorded exclusively for London Records for the past 10 years. Since 1983, the quartet has held a residency at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 1988, the quartet has been teaching and performing as quartet-in-residence at the Barbican Center and the Guildhall School of Music in London.

Jazz pianist Phil Markowitz will be the featured guest artist along with UO jazz combos at "The Jazz Café" at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge at Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. Light food and beverages will be available for purchase during the evening.

The program will include not only music by familiar jazz composers, but also a variety of original material and arrangements by student composers.

Born in New York, Markowitz began his jazz career while a student at the Eastman College of Music, where he formed the nationally acclaimed jazz fusion band, Petrus. Moving to New York City in 1976, Markowitz performed with a host of jazz artists, eventually joining the Mel Lewis Orchestra in the 1980s and forming his own jazz trio.

In 1987, Markowitz joined the Bob Mintzer Big Band and continues with the group today, having been featured prominently on seven CDs with them. In 1990, he also became an ongoing member of Dave Liebman’s group, with which he has recorded and co-produced six CDs.

As a composer and performer, Markowitz has received multiple grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation of the Arts. As a clinician, he has conducted workshops at the University of Miami, Eastman School of Music, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.

He is also a professor at the Mannes College of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, where he teaches composition, improvisation, jazz theory and chromaticism in jazz.

Award-winning pianist David Viscoli will give a guest artist recital at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Viscoli’s program includes sonatas by Scarlatti and Rachmaninoff, mazurkas by Chopin and "Gaspard de la nuit" by Ravel.

Viscoli’s recent awards include second prize in the Carmel Music Society Piano Competition, third prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Competition, and winner of the 1993 National Federation of Music Clubs Auditions, Golden West district. He has been a participant at the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Festival of Florida at Sarasota, among others.

Viscoli received the Fine Arts Award for Piano and graduated with honors at the Interlochen Arts Academy. He received his bachelor of music degree in piano performance from the University of Texas and received his master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the University of Southern California.

Viscoli was a faculty member at California Baptist College and a member of the Rainier Piano Trio in Seattle before moving recently to Eugene.

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