Benda Quartet
Benda Quartet has ranked among the top chamber ensembles on the Czech music scene and is a frequent guest on international stages since its establishment in 2012. The quartet made its debut in 2014 as part of the subscription series of the 60th anniversary season of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, with which it still cooperates intensively, both through chamber concerts and educational workshops for children and young people.
The quartet regularly performs not only in Ostrava but is often invited to chamber music series of leading Czech institutions, such as the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Regular cooperation with the Janáček’s May Agency has led the quartet to participate in the Leoš Janáček International Music Festival and other important cultural events in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Other international festival performances include the St. Wenceslas Music Festival, Forfest Kroměříž, Mahler Jihlava, Beethoven's Hradec and Peter Dvorský's IMF.
Benda Quartet maintains a long-term cooperation with the Ostrava studio of Czech Radio and in 2020 established a regular and very successful studio cooperation with the American company Parma Recordings, which has already produced several CD titles released by Navona Records. Participation in many chamber projects has led the quartet members to collaborate with important artists, for example with the Vogler Quartet, Kelemen Quartet, Václav Hudeček, Jiří Vodička, Karel Dohnal, Vilém Veverka, Marek Kozák, etc. Benda Quartet is the winner of the Moravian-Silesian Cultural Award Jantar for 2019.
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About Benda Quartet
Benda Quartet has ranked among the top chamber ensembles on the Czech music scene and is a frequent guest on international stages since its establishment in 2012. The quartet made its debut in 2014 as part of the subscription series of the 60th anniversary season of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, with which it still cooperates intensively, both through chamber concerts and educational workshops for children and young people.
The quartet regularly performs not only in Ostrava but is often invited to chamber music series of leading Czech institutions, such as the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Regular cooperation with the Janáček’s May Agency has led the quartet to participate in the Leoš Janáček International Music Festival and other important cultural events in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Other international festival performances include the St. Wenceslas Music Festival, Forfest Kroměříž, Mahler Jihlava, Beethoven's Hradec and Peter Dvorský's IMF.
Benda Quartet maintains a long-term cooperation with the Ostrava studio of Czech Radio and in 2020 established a regular and very successful studio cooperation with the American company Parma Recordings, which has already produced several CD titles released by Navona Records. Participation in many chamber projects has led the quartet members to collaborate with important artists, for example with the Vogler Quartet, Kelemen Quartet, Václav Hudeček, Jiří Vodička, Karel Dohnal, Vilém Veverka, Marek Kozák, etc. Benda Quartet is the winner of the Moravian-Silesian Cultural Award Jantar for 2019.
