Biography
Smetana Quartet
Real name: Smetanovo kvarteto
Effective period / Period of releases: 1950 - 1988
Members: Václav Neumann, Josef Suk, Antonín Kohout, Milan Škampa, Lubomír Kostecký, Jiří Novák (2), Jaroslav Rybenský
Czech classical string quartet.While still students, the musicians joined in 1943, while the first concert with this name happend in November 1945. Disbanded in June 1989.
Till 1949 the members played also as performer of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.