Vlach Quartet - Awards and Recordings

Awards and Recordings

• The original Vlach Quartet recordings include Beethoven op. 131, op. 18 nos. 1 & 6, op. 59 no. 1.
• Best String Quartet among European competition, International String Quartet Competition in Portsmouth, England (1985)
• Czech Chamber Music Association prize (1991)
• Czech Music Fund prize for CD of string quartets by Smetana (“From My Life”) and Janáček (“Intimate Letters”)
• 1995, began a long-term project with Naxos records for complete chamber music of Antonín Dvořák. Highly commended.
• 2000 (October), a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for cpo recording of Esquisses Hébraïques: Clarinet Quintets on Jewish Themes, with Dieter Klöcker.