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Start of the KPH 2024/2025 subscription cycle. In the preview, the opening part of the concert - Bedřich Smetana - String Quartet in D minor no. 2. Playing - Lubomír Havlák - 1st violin, Adéla Štajnochrová - 2nd violin, Martin Stupka - viola, Jitka Vlašánková - cello. The Martinů String Quartet ranks among the leading representatives of the Czech quartet school. It won a number of laureate titles at prestigious international competitions (some including Havlákovo). Among the most important are awards from the Yehudi Menuhin competition in Portsmouth, ARD in Munich, Evian, and the Prague Spring. During its rich musical career, the Martinů Quartet performed on prestigious concert stages in Europe, North America and Japan and collaborated with radio stations BBC, Radio France, ARD, ORF and Czech Radio.