Biography
Novák Quartet
Real name: Novákovo kvarteto
Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 1994
Members: Antonín Novák, Jaroslav Chovanec, Josef Podjukl, Dušan Pandula
Czech string quartet ensemble, named after the composer Vítězslav Novák.Originally founded in 1946 as Hába-Quartett by Czech violinist Dušan Pandula; had to be renamed due to pressure from the communist regime in the 1950s.