Pavel Haas Kwartet

Nothing is certain, but there are exceptions to every rule: no one can ignore the fact that we love string quartets at the Handelsbeurs and that young formations in particular have our sympathy. Next in an already enviable line is the Czech Pavel Haas Quartet, named after Janacek's student who is unfortunately more famous for his time in Auschwitz than for his music. It is Haas himself who starts off with his third string quartet from 1927, the year of Webern's 'Variations'. By Smetana, so to speak, the father of the Czech school, there is the second quartet from 1882, perhaps the man's most sophisticated pages, which even Schönberg clenched in admiration. flutes. Finally, Pavel Haas Quartet opts for a 'war horse' from quartet literature: Dvorák's American Quartet, the penultimate of his impressive quartet production, so named because of his stay on the other side of the pond at the time.

THE PAVEL HAAS QUARTET IS HOT!

The young Pavel Haas string quartet has enjoyed worldwide and irresistible success, both with the public and with the critics.

The Pavel Haas Quartet won the title 'Best Newcomer' at the 'BBC Music Magazine Awards 2007'. The jury justified its choice with this statement about the quartet's debut album: "What is so impressive about this debut is the group's bold, original approach to this famous repertoire. They are technically beyond reproach and convey, with almost graphic immediacy , Janacek's searing passion. They present us with the finest, most vivid account of Haas's second quartet on disc. A very special group."

Moreover, the Pavel Haas Quartet is the 'BBC New Generation Artists' from September 2007 to September 2009. This gives them the opportunity, among other things, to make a number of BBC studio recordings and to obtain some important assignments.

But this quartet is also a hot item outside Great Britain! Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Kölner Philharmonie have chosen the Pavel Haas Quartet as their Rising Star.