George Tsontakis was born in 1951.

First Piano Quartet was created in 1941.

The usual instrumentation in a piano quartet are:

* Piano * Violin * Viola * Cello

The most common ensemble for three performers are piano trio with piano, violin and cello. For four performers there are the string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello), piano quartet (piano, and three string instruments) or woodwind quartet. Quintets have even ranging instruments according to composers' settings.

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