About this artist
Mucha Quartet is the winner of the 1st prize at the 21st Leoš Janáček International Competition in Brno and the Prize for the best interpretation of a composition by L. Janáček. Mucha Quartet was established in 2003 at the Conservatory in Bratislava and it belongs to the prominent chamber ensembles in Slovakia. The first teacher of the quartet was Stanislav Mucha, the father of the cellist Pavol Mucha and the 1st violinist of the Moyzes Quartet, which used to bear the name „Mucha Quartet“ in its student years. They studied chamber music at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in the class of Ján Slávik, at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the class of Johannes Meissl, and also at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid in the class of Günter Pichler.
The ensemble was awarded 2nd prize at the International Bohuslav Martinů Competition in Prague (2010), the 3rd prize at the GIANNI BERGAMO CLASSIC MUSIC AWARD 2012 in Lugano, they are winners of the Josef Windisch Prize 2013 (Vienna). At the international competition Premio Paolo Borciani 2014 they were awarded the 2nd prize and the Prize of the public. They gained the 1st prize at the Antonín Dvořák International Chamber Music Competition 2014 (Prague), as well as the 1st prize at the Leoš Janáček International Competition 2015 (Brno). In 2016-2017 they were the ensemble-in-residence of the Devin Radio, Slovakia. Among their periodic projects we can mention musica_litera (joining classical music and artistic word).
Current Members:
Juraj Tomka - 1st violin
Jozef Ostrolucký - 2nd violin
Veronika Kubešová - Viola
Pavol Mucha - Violoncello