Pavel Haas Quartet
string quartet
BBT
Special Ensemble Scholarship
2010
Veronika Jaruskova violin
Eva Karova violin
Pavel Nikl viola
Peter Jarusek cello
Since winning the Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in Spring 2005, the Pavel Haas Quartet has performed at the world’s most prestigious concert halls, receiving great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. In 2011/12 the Quartet performs concerts at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Theatre des Champs-Elysees Paris, Zurich Tonhalle, Vienna Konzerthaus, Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall in London and will tour to Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. A further project for 2011/12 will be the Quartet’s first collaboration with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, with whom they will record and tour. The Pavel Haas Quartet has released four discs on the Supraphon label. They won the Diapason d’Or de l’Année for their disc featuring Prokofiev’s String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 and Sonata for Two Violins. The first recording of Janáček Quartet No.2 Intimate Letters and Haas Quartet No.2 From the Monkey Mountains was voted one of the CDs of 2006 by The Daily Telegraph, CD of the Week by BBC Radio 3 and Chamber Choice by BBC Music Magazine. Their most recent disc of Dvořák’s String Quartets No.12 in F major 'American' and No.13 in G major has been awarded the 2011 ‘Disc of the Year’ by Gramophone Magazine. The Sunday Times commented: “Their account of the American Quartet belongs alongside the greatest performances on disc. In this repertoire, they are simply matchless today.” Based in Prague, the quartet studied with some of the masters of the quartet world including members of Quartetto Italiano, Quatuor Mosaiques, Borodin Quartet and Amadeus Quartet. The Quartet takes its name from the Czech composer Pavel Haas (1899-1944) who was imprisoned at Theresienstadt in 1941 and tragically died at Auschwitz three years later. His legacy includes three wonderful string quartets.
BBT Project: CD of Dvorak String Quartets Op.106 and Op.96 "American"
"The Haas Quartet delivers superb performances of both works…..Their understanding of the musical argument is exemplary..."
BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month December 2010
"Their account of the American Quartet belongs alongside the greatest performances on disc. In this repertoire, they are simply matchless today."
Hugh Canning, Sunday Times 14 November 2010
"The most popular Dvorák’s chamber repertoire performed by one of the world’s most exciting string quartets."
Presto Classical
- Support for Dvorak recording for Supraphon
- Purchase of new bows
- Contribution towards co-commissioning a new work with Colin Currie by Jiri Gemrot
If we look to history, many artists needed support for realisation of their vision. Without support dreams would be hard to realise.We are very grateful that BBT continues in this historical line and gives us and many others this opportunity.