Janáček. Kodály. Shostakovich

Date:	February 09, 2026 \| 19:30 (Mon)
Venue:	The Professed House
Duration:	120 minutes
Intermission:	Yes (20 minutes)
Status:	Available

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The Ševčík Quartet will play Janáček's String Quartet No. 1 inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata.

The Prague Philharmonia’s Chamber Music Series will host the Ševčík Quartet for the very first time. Among other things, tonight they will play Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, which he composed upon a suggestion of the Czech Quartet. It is a masterpiece by a composer who in his early seventies realized the importance of the string quartet as a musical form and brought his inspiration from Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata into the work.

The concert tonight will also offer a piece full of folk rhythms by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály and Quintet in G minor by Dmitri Shostakovich. The piano part will be played by the renowned pianist Marek Kozák, who in June 2021 became the laureate of the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich, one of the most prestigious and difficult international piano competitions.

Program:

Robert Schumann | String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41
Leoš Janáček | String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Zoltán Kodály | Duo, Op. 7 (part 3)
Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

Performing:

ŠEVČÍK QUARTET
Pavla Tesařová — first violin
Michael Fořt — second violin
Matouš Hasoň — viola
Adam Klánský — cello

Guests:
Marek Kozák — piano
Juraj Škoda — cello

Important:

20 min. intermission
Dress code: smart casual
Program subject to change

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The Professed House

Address:	Malostranské nám. 25, Praha 1 - Malá Strana
Capacity:	150
Type:	Concert hall
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	Yes

The College Auditorium belongs to the back part of St. Nicholas Church at the Lesser Square

Former Baroque Jesuit College was built before 1674 on the spot of Romanesque St. Wenceslas rotunda, Gothic church St. Nicholas Church (The Baroque church was built instead of the Gothic one after the College was formed), and former St. Wenceslas Church (which became part of the College), Lesser Town school, and other twelve buildings.

After the College shut down, it was replaced with offices and storage. After 1918, the Ministry of Finance had its headquarters here, and since the 1960s, it has been the seat of the Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. The hall where concerts (and graduation events, plus many others) take place is decorated with the ceiling paintings done by Josef Kramolin in 1771, depicting Biblical motifs as well as representatives of the Jesuit College.

How to get there:

Accessibility by public transport:
metro A (green line) - Malostranská station
tram - Malostranské náměstí stop
Nearest car parking:
Malostranské náměstí, Prague 1