Skampa Quartet

The Skampa Quartet has earned its place in the great Czech tradition of chamber music. With a long list of successful recordings, major prizes, and a presentation exploring the relationship between concert and folk music in Czech works, the group has found a strong following in England and beyond as well as in Eastern Europe. The Skampa Quartet was formed in the tumultuous year of 1989, when the Communist government collapsed in what was then Czechoslovakia. It was named for Milan Skampa, a violist and teacher at the Prague Academy of Music who had taught the group's members...