Pavel Haas Quartet
Formed: 2002
Artist's website: http://www.pavelhaasquartet.com/en/
The Pavel Haas Quartet was founded in Prague in 2002 by violinist Veronika Jarůšková; the original line-up consisted of Jarůšková, second violinist Kateřina Gemrotová, viola-player Pavel Nikl and cellist Lukáš Polák, but Jarůšková’s husband replaced the latter early on in the ensemble’s career. In 2005 the group won the Prague Spring Competition, and signed with Czech label Supraphon shortly afterwards; their debut recording (of Janáček’s Intimate Letters and Haas’s From the Monkey Mountains) won the chamber music category at the 2007 Gramophone Awards and the Best Newcomer prize at the BBC Music Magazine Awards. Their discography also includes Dvořák’s String Quartets Nos. 12 and 13 (Gramophone’s Recording of the Year in 2011), his Piano Quintet No. 2 and String Quintet Op. 97 (with former member Nikl returning as a guest), Smetana’s string quartets (winner of the chamber music category at the 2015 Gramophone Awards and 2016 BBC Music Magazine Awards), Prokofiev’s String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (‘a performance of tremendous musical energy: robust, well characterised and exact’ - The Independent on Sunday), and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and String Quintet (‘scalding to the touch’ - The Sunday Times).
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The Pavel Haas Quartet on Martinů
29th Sep 2025
Violinist Veronika Jarůšková and cellist Peter Jarůšek discuss how the composer's music featured in their first meeting as children on a TV talent show, Martinů's relationship with fellow composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, and surmounting the technical challenges of music that is 'almost impossible to play'.
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The Pavel Haas Quartet perform string quartets by Martinů
19th Sep 2025
Three years on from their previous recording of music by Brahms, the Czech quartet returns with a stunningly virtuosic album of four string quartets by their compatriot Bohuslav Martinů, showcasing an enormous dynamic range combined with an impressive precision and unanimity of purpose.
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