Key engagements
Wigmore Hall, London
Auditorium du Louvre, Paris
Philharmonie Berlin
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Herkulessaal, Munich
Tonhalle Zürich
Kölner Philharmonie
BOZAR, Brussels
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid
Palau de la Musica, Barcelona
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Festivals and residencies
Edinburgh International Festival
Verbier Festival
Schubertiade
Prague Spring and Dvořák Prague Festival
Aldeburgh Music
Residency at Bodensee Festival
Previous residencies at Cologne Philharmonie, Birmingham Town Hall, Glasgow Concert Halls, LSO St Luke’s
24/25 Programmes
Autumn & Winter 2024
Programme 1:
Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat major, KV 589
Martinů: String Quartet No. 7 ("Concerto Da Camera"), H. 314 OR Dvořák: Cypresses for String Quartet (selection)
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30
Programme 2:
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
Pavel Haas: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15
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Martinů: String Quartet No. 3, H. 183
Korngold: String Quartet No.2, Op.26
Spring & Summer 2025
Programme 3:
Martinů: String Quartet No. 2, H 150
Korngold: String Quartet No.2, Op.26
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30
Programme 4:
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
Pavel Haas: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15
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Martinů: String Quartet No. 7 ("Concerto Da Camera")
Bartók - String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Season-long programme:
Kaprálová String Quartet No.1
Martinů String Quartet No.5
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Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'
25/26 Programmes
PROGRAMME 1: CZECH FIRST HALF OF 20th CENTURY
Schulhoff: Five pieces for string quartet
Korngold: String quartet no.2 op.26
Interval
Haas: String quartet no.2 op.7 "From the Monkey Mountains"
PROGRAMME 2: CZECH AVANT-GARDE & DVOŘÁK
Kaprálová: String quartet no.1 op.8
Martinů: String quartet no.5 H268
Interval
Dvořák: String quartet no.14 in A-flat Major, op.105
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Dvořák: String quartet no.11 in C Major, op.61
PROGRAMME 3: SCHUBERT & BEETHOVEN
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor D 703
Beethoven: String quartet in F Major op.135
Interval
Schubert: String quartet no.14 in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"
Süddeutsche Zeitung"One of the truly outstanding ensembles of our time"
Gramophone"They represent the best qualities of the Czech tradition – warmth, sonorousness, individuality, intensity; but what’s striking here is their fearless risk-taking, their fervency and the absolute confidence with which they propel you through these two masterpieces."
The Times"What really sets this quartet apart is the attitude embodied in its name: an unwavering integrity, a belief that everything it plays is a matter of life and death."