“The Pavel Haas Quartet’s interpretation is phenomenal.” The Irish Independent
“The world’s most exciting string quartet?” The Times asked of the Pavel Haas Quartet, “Well, they suit the tagline better than most,” it concluded. The four young Czech musicians have captured listeners and critics alike with their robust and relentless interpretation of a wide repertory of string quartets, from Beethoven to Janáček.
Since winning the esteemed Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in Spring 2005, the Quartet have performed at many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and have won multiple awards and great acclaim for their three recordings. Their music is passionate and finely nuanced; The Strad commended a recent performance saying it “seamlessly drifted between fervour and introspection... glorious quartet playing.”
The Pavel Haas Quartet will play two evenings of romantic pieces by Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Debussy as well as the intimate Shostakovich seventh quartet in the first evening and a quintet by Schubert, with cellist Danjulo Ishizaka, in the second.
Related Festival PLUS programme(s)
Pavel Haas Quartet Masterclass
Marco Borggreve
24 Feb 2012
Tchaikovsky
String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 11
Shostakovich
String Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor, Op 108
Schubert
String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D 810, Death and the Maiden
25 Feb 2012
Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Schubert
Cello Quintet in C, D 956, with DANJULO ISHIZAKA
Violin VERONIKA JARŮŠKOVÁ
Violin EVA KAROVÁ
Viola PAVEL NIKL
Cello PETER JARŮŠEK
Marco Borggreve
