Pavel Haas Quartet

BEETHOVEN, PROKOFJEV, DVORAK

"The young Czech Pavel Haas quartet, one of the revelations of recent years, opts for a third way: a passionate, lyrical approach but without nonsense. Excellent!" (Stephan Moens about their Dvorak recording with a performance of the quartets op. 96 and 106, De Morgen, October 29, 2010)

Since their debut recording in 2007 with music by Leos Janáček and Pavel Haas, the young Pavel Haas Quartet has been receiving awards and critical acclaim. . “Take note: this is one of the most polished and musically exciting young string quartets in the world today.” writes the Washington Post in 2008. In February 2010 they made the cover of the music magazine Gramophone following an article about the five most fascinating young quartets of the moment. The four Czechs named themselves after their compatriot Pavel Haas, a student of Leos Janáček and one of the greatest musical talents of the former Czechoslovakia. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1941 and died in Auschwitz at the age of forty-five. Haas left behind an oeuvre ranging from chamber music and symphonic works to scores for film, theater and opera. In addition to two 'classics' from string quartet literature, we also get to know a less frequently performed work with Prokofiev's 'Sonata for two violins'.