Kocian Quartet

The Kocián Quartet is a Czech classical chamber ensemble. Originally named the New String Quartet, it was founded in 1972 by three members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra (Jan Odstrčil – 2nd violin, Jiří Najnar – viola, Václav Bernášek – cello) with Pravoslav Kohout as 1st violin. In 1975 they were renamed the Kocián Quartet in honor of famous violinist Jaroslav Kocián. Between 2001 and 2009, the quartet consisted of: Pavel Hůla – 1st violin, Miloš Černý – 2nd violin, Zbyněk Paďourek – viola and Václav Bernášek – cello. The quartet has regularly appeared at the Prague Spring International Music Festival since 1976.

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 / From My Life - Loudová: String Quartet No. 2 (In One Movement) - 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Works for String Quartet, Vol. 1 - 2018-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Works for String Quartet, Vol. 2 - 2018-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Václav Riedlbauch: Reminiscence - 2018-02-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Zdeněk Šesták: Chamber Works II - 2017-12-29T00:00:00.000000Z

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