About
The Moyzes Quartet is a Slovak string quartet. It was founded in 1975, with Stanislav Mucha (first violin), František Török (second violin), Alexander Lakatoš (viola) and Ján Slávik (cello). The present first violin (since 2016) is Jozef Horváth.
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The members of the quartet studied first at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, then at the Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. The quartet has made over 40 recordings, including works by Shostakovich, Dvořák, Smetana, and Slovak composers such as Ján Levoslav Bella, Alexander Moyzes and Eugen Suchoň.
In 2016, the quartet was awarded the Slovak Republic Ministry of Culture Prize. The quartet is a resident ensemble in the Slovak towns of Modra and Skalica.
Members
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Ján Slávik cello
Discography
Albums
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String Quartets: “The Hunt” / “Dissonance”
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String Quartets op. 96 ‘American’ · op. 105
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String Quartets no. 1 “From My Life” & no. 2 / “From My Homeland”
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String Quartet in C minor / String Quintet in D minor
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String Quartets
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Marián Varga & Moyzesovo kvarteto
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Music of Barbara Harbach, Vol. 2: Chamber Music I
Links
Official
Subgroup
Also known as
Moyzes Quartet · Moyzes-Quartett
Identifiers
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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.