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## Zemlinsky String Quartet  (CZ)

				
String quartet

				
František Souček, violin  
Petr Střižek, violin  
Petr Holman, viola  
Vladimir Fortin, cello

Founded in 1994 while the members were still students, the ZEMLINSKY QUARTET has become a much lauded example of the Czech string quartet tradition. The Zemlinsky Quartet won the First Grand Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2010. In the season 2016/17, Zemlinsky Quartet was appointed as the residential ensemble of the Czech Chamber Music Society. While students at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts Prague, the ensemble was coached by members of renowned Czech string quartets including the Talich, Prague, Kocian and Pražák Quartets. The ensemble also took part in several master classes including ProQuartet, in France and Sommerakademie in Reichenau, Austria where they were awarded First Prize for the best interpretation of a work by Janácek. They regularly come to the Festival de musique de Stavelot where they teach at the Masterclasses I Cambristi organized in Stavelot during the Festival.