Veronika Jarůšková, violin; Marek Zwiebel, violin;
Šimon Truszka, viola; Peter Jarůšek, cello
The Pavel Haas Quartet is revered across the globe for its richness of timbre, infectious passion and intuitive rapport. Having performed at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and won five Gramophone Awards and numerous others for recordings, the Quartet is firmly established as one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles.
The Quartet regularly appears at major venues including Wigmore Hall, London; Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Berlin; Musikverein, Vienna; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam; Tonhalle, Zürich; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome; BOZAR, Brussels; NCPA, Beijing; LG Arts Centre, Seoul and Carnegie Hall, New York. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Quartet graced the June 2022 cover of The Strad and was the featured interview in BBC Music Magazine the same month. The ensemble was included in the latter’s 10 greatest string quartet ensembles of all time and described as “stylistically powerful and richly sonorous, [and] known for its passionate and fearless performances.”
In the 2026-2027 season, Pavel Haas Quartet tours North America with concerts at Chamber Music Houston, Chamber Music in Napa Valley, Chamber Music concerts in Ashland, Oregon, Friends of Music Denver, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Cincinnati, Vivo Performing Arts in Boston, Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and in Montreal. In Europe they play London's Wigmore Hall and Norwich in the UK, as well as Germany, the Netherlands, and the Janáček Brno Festival in Czechia.
Renowned as the leading interpreter of Eastern European chamber music masterpieces, the Quartet was named as Ambassador for the Year of Czech Music in 2024. From 2025 until 2027, the Pavel Haas Quartet serves as Artist-in-Residence at Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival, alongside the Czech Philharmonic.
The Pavel Haas Quartet records exclusively for Supraphon. Its recording of the Brahms Viola and Piano Quintets with pianist Boris Giltburg and the group’s former violist, Pavel Nikl, was released to critical acclaim in May 2022. The album was described as “radiant and vivacious” by The Strad and selected as Presto Classical’s Recording of the Week. A previous album of Shostakovich String Quartets was named Recording of the Year by Classic Prague Awards, and one of the 100 best records of 2019 by The Times.
The Quartet has received five Gramophone Awards for recordings of Dvořák, Smetana, Schubert, Janáček and Haas, as well as Dvořák’s String Quartets No.12 ‘American’ and No. 13, which was awarded the coveted Gramophone Recording of the Year in 2011. The Sunday Times commented: “their account of the ‘American’ Quartet belongs alongside the greatest performances on disc.” Further accolades include BBC Music Magazine Awards and the 2010 Diapason d’Or de l’Année for a recording of Prokofiev String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
Since winning the Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in 2005, subsequent career highlights have included a nomination as ECHO Rising Stars in 2007, participation in the BBC New Generation Artists scheme from 2007 to 2009 and a Special Ensemble Scholarship awarded by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust in 2010. The Quartet is based in Prague and studied with the late Milan Skampa, legendary violist of the Smetana Quartet. The ensemble takes its name from the Czech-Jewish 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.
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